<div dir="ltr">And here I thought I was off to a good start hihi</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:52 AM Max Vaughan <<a href="mailto:maxv@horizonps.com">maxv@horizonps.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-3488214196950431705WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I think I am about 20% there……..credit K3NG for the following.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A <i>radio amateur</i> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">should be able to talk on the radio, provide emergency communications, cut a dipole and throw it up in a tree, send and receive Morse code, advance the radio art, change a vacuum tube, act as net control, build a power supply, build a fire, perform CPR, operate a kilobuck rig, operate a $10 rig, configure a soundcard on a computer to run PSK, bounce signals off a satellite, fire up an ad hoc repeater, use low power, fire up a linear amplifier, put out a fire, tune an antenna tuner, solder, go bowling with the family, fix an RFI problem, cook breakfast on a camp stove at Field Day, radio direction find, respond to a mayday call, describe what impedance is, send pictures using slow scan, use a straight key, use a search engine, appreciate simplicity, understand complexity, QRS, start up a generator, explain what a transistor does, disassemble a rotator, change a diaper, call CQ, call home, drill a hole in the wall, climb a tower (or direct someone how to do it <i>safely</i>), sit with a child on the radio, be prepared, make a Morse code paddle out of a ruler, speak well, read instructions, figure it out without instructions, write the instructions, instruct, use a spreadsheet, use a slide rule, use a tape measure, read a resistor color code, score a contest, use a cell phone, know what the rules are, use duct tape, install a connector, make balanced feedline, send an email over the air, set up a tent, install a stealth antenna, install a huge antenna, scrounge for parts from an old TV set, wire a microphone, lay ground radials, mow the lawn (and not tear up the radials), be secretary at a ham club, act alone, join, grow old and not grow bitter, look towards the future, read and understand, use the mode switch, donate time, be diplomatic, understand propagation, ask for help, research, balance a bank account, balance work and family and amateur radio, ask questions, question authority, install a filter, be an authority, take orders, do digital, go analog, use a voltmeter, be tolerant, be patient, ragchew, calculate, estimate, attenuate, modulate, resuscitate, pontificate, emulate, stand up, stand down, assist, theorize, prioritize, organize, design, dream, reminisce, direct, follow, think, do, talk, hear, <i>listen</i>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Specialization</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">is for<b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">insects.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">73 <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Max Vaughan KF7MAX Secretary<u></u><u></u></span></p><p 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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><img src="http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m67/whisper4969/Dave/vetsig.jpg"><br></div><div>73</div><div>Dave "Doc" Green<br></div><div><a href="mailto:KT7DOC@arrl.net" target="_blank">KT7DOC@arrl.net</a></div><div>541-771-1616</div><div>CN94if</div></div></div>