A wonderful story!
Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid On May 5, 2017 11:53 AM, Paul Easter via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great story! Thanks! > > On May 5, 2017 11:13 AM, "NIzar Mullani via BVARC" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As the day for Field Day approaches, I am reminded of one of my most >> memorable FDs. I would like to share this memory with you. >> >> >> >> I had just arrived from Tanzania in 1963 as a student at Washington >> University in Saint Louis, MO. I almost got my license as VQ3 before I came >> except the 10 wpm code test was only given once a year and I could not get >> it done before leaving for the states. So, no license. I had to wait until I >> became a Citizen in 1975. >> >> >> >> In those days, foreigners were not allowed to get an amateur radio license >> in the USA. So, I joined the university ARC and would go listen to one of >> the operators work DX in between classes. One day, we heard a pile up >> working 5H3JR from Tanzania. My friend turned on the amp and I called the >> station in Swahili. Needless to say, he was totally shocked to hear Jambo >> Bwanakuba being yelled at him in a pileup. He came right back to us and >> asked who was speaking Swahili. We chatted for a while. He was a missionary >> and used ham radio to communicate from remote areas of Tanzania. >> >> >> >> My ARC friends realized that I was hooked on ham radio and really wanted to >> do more. So, they invited me to go on a Field Day with them to the Ozarks. >> They rented a rustic cabin (low budget) in the hills of the Ozarks. We >> packed up the car with the Drake TR4 and found a generator to take with us. >> When we got there, we strung up some wire antennas in the tall trees >> surrounding the cabin, set up the rig on a picnic table outside the cabin >> and started operating FD. For those of you who were hams in those days, we >> did not have computers and had to log by hand. I was the designated logger. >> >> >> >> I learnt a lot about Ham Radio that weekend in the Ozarks. I learnt that no >> matter where you are from or race of color, Hams have no boundaries. We are >> ALL Hams and we belong to the same group. I also learnt about how to put up >> antennas, how to operate the rigs, operate the logger, how to share rig time >> with others and most of all, how to work as a team. In short, I learnt about >> how to set up my own radio when the time comes. >> >> >> >> It has been 52 years since that most memorable FD, but I still remember it >> as if happened yesterday. That is one of the best things about Most >> Memorable Memories. They don’t fade away, they just get better with time. >> >> >> >> So, share with us YOUR most memorable FD as we get ready for the next one. >> >> >> >> 73, Nizar K0NM >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Message delivered to [email protected] >>
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