[CQ-Contest] The Ultimate "THANK YOU"

[K0HB]

What goes around, comes around!!!

Thanks for sharing.

73, de Hans, K0HB
Master Chief Radioman, US Navy


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> [Original Message]
> From: Ken  K7ZUM <Ken.Knopp at verizon.net>
> To: <cq-contest at 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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