Now, I (Kathy) have never used one, never seen one used, and never really looked closely past the knobs and buttons. But, I am now the designated communications officer aboard s/v Suppose, having achieved the Technician and the General licenses by completing two exams.
What can I say. I crammed. Sometimes, I remembered a smidgen of high school physics and engineering osmosis from Walt. Sometimes, I used my knowledge of multiple-choice test creation bad habits (i.e. the longest answer is the correct answer).
I am now the proud holder of a call sign KF5YGW. Don't try to call yet! Suppose doesn't have her SSB yet! Plus, I would not know how to answer!
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Our son Gerald, who lives in Mesa, Arizona, now, is also a ham. He has a mobile unit in his jeep Cherokee. Unfortunately, we didn't have a chance to sail at Heron Lake in northern NM this year -- the lake was so low that the marina is sitting in mud.
PS, A couple of our sailing friends moved from El Paso and Elephant Butte Lake to the Corpus area -- Jim Johnson and Sheri Henneberger; they live on a canal on North Padre about a mile south of the JFK causeway; Sheri works with the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce.
Your talents never cease to amaze me!
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