What goes around, comes around!!!
Thanks for sharing.
73, de Hans, K0HB
Master Chief Radioman, US Navy
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http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb
> [Original Message]
> From: Ken K7ZUM <Ken.Knopp@verizon.net>
> To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Date: 1/17/2004 1:42:38 AM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] The Ultimate "THANK YOU"
>
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> Has been a very long time since I posted anything on the contest
reflector, but had something
> happen this evening I thought would be nice to share.
>
> My oldest son left for the Navy on Sept. 11th 2003, went
through boot camp, came home for
> christmas, and is now back in Florida attending his school of choice, has
to do with Electronics,
> So earlier this evening I get a phone call, is my son on the other side,
he sounded a little odd, as if he
> wanted to say something, me thinking maybe something bad happened in
school, but no, he said he was
> doing very well, and then he started sounding very excited, and he
started to tell me, very slowly, Dad,
> do you remember many years ago, when you pushed me and helped me get my
Ham Radio license ??
> naturally I said yes, he said, do you remember when you said that
someday, sometime, I'd thank you
> for helping me get that license ?? I said, well, yea. Well, the very
next thing I heard him say made all
> of the years of hard work, all of the frustration, all the years of being
very very patient, the years of teaching
> him about radio, antennas, electronics, all the years of operating from
my station, taking him to places like
> W7RM's place to operate from , years and years of contesting from our
good friend W7GG's place,
> two years of taking him to the Carribeans to operate C.Q.W.W. phone as
both FS/K7ZUM and PJ7/K7ZUM,
> all of this was worth every last secound of that work to hear these
words, "Dad, I am just calling to say
> thank you for helping me get that license" ! so many of the things they
are teaching me, are the same
> things I learned from Ham Radio and contesting, and it is SO COOL !
he's doing very, very well,
> thanks to Ham Radio, and our many friends in the contesting world.
>
> Is this COOL OR WHAT !!
>
>
>
>
>
> 73 de K7ZUM
> Ken in Gres"HAM" Ore
>
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