Got my first radiogram this evening. Received a telephone call from an operator in Gig Harbor, WA. They had received a radiogram from another operator in Beavercreek, OR who had sent me best wishes on acquiring my General License. A really nice gesture!
At the Sea-Pac conference, there were about 600 radio operators and only one or two of them were a**holes - met some really nice people. Got buttonholed by one person who wanted to monopolize the conversation and talk at me without listening to what I had to say. I do not like being talked at so I recognized this behavior and gradually incorporated a third party into our one-sided discussion. I cited a pressing matter and left the poor soul. Sometimes I have no mercy...
The other people I have met in this hobby are really nice and the emergency people are delighted to have us helping them.
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