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May 2008 Newsletter

Published 05/02/2008 | By WD4NYL
ALERT NEWSLETTER — May 2008 Vol. 1 No. 11 Hi Everyone, May has arrived & we know what May is…. It’s BirmingHamfest Month! ALERT will have a booth there. I’ll be there. And, you better had be there too. I remember my first hamfest back in 1978. I was a Novice & didn’t know really what to expect. But, what I found was a young ham’s version of The Promised Land. I had never seen so many toys, gizmos & equipment. Flashing blinking lights. I like flashing blinking lights. I was broke, of course, as usual…as today…but that didn’t matter. I could touch the stuff anyway. And, so many hams. Some not very pretty, but, hams none-the-less. I passed my Technician test that hamfest. I was trying for my General, but my code was mushy, so the Technician was the consolation prize. But, I loved it. There is a Continue reading →
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