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Great big round of congrats to our bartender, who just texted me the good news.
This calls for an on-the-air celebration/imbibathon as only The Island is capable of.
Charles is going to text me with a frequency...or better still...let's all find one and get the party started. Say, oh-dark-thirty on 75M - maybe 40 if we can find a clear spot.
ki4itv
09-04-2010, 02:21 PM
WOOT!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Way to go, Barkeep! KG4CGC/AE!
So--what's the frequency, Kenneth? With my pitiful little station I doubt that I can be heard out there on 75 m but I'll give it a try.
PA5COR
09-04-2010, 03:56 PM
Congrats Barkeep ;)
Maybe time i try alcohol thingy again.....:chin:
Great big round of congrats to our bartender, who just texted me the good news.
This calls for an on-the-air celebration/imbibathon as only The Island is capable of.
Charles is going to text me with a frequency...or better still...let's all find one and get the party started. Say, oh-dark-thirty on 75M - maybe 40 if we can find a clear spot.
Plenty of room below 3800. ;) :yes:
kf0rt
09-04-2010, 04:22 PM
Right on, barkeep! :yes::yes::yes::clap:
suddenseer
09-04-2010, 07:17 PM
way2go. I got to get my low band wires back up soon.
KG4CGC
09-04-2010, 07:49 PM
Thank You All. Each and everyone of you. Thanks to Jim for sending me the book. I was a bit cocky. I thought I could study it in a week like I did for General.
Drove past the hamfest but didn't actually go in. Old lady. On the way back we stopped at that West**** something mall two exits north of HWY 321 on HWY 85. Old lady. On the way back we had to stop at that outlet mall in Gaffney. Off exit 90 on HWY 85 in SC. Old lady. You know the one, it has a Bose outlet store but there is nothing outlet deal about it. 25 seconds and I saw the entire line. It was more like a cellphone boutique. I walked to the other end and stepped into the Out Back steakhouse and went straight to the bar. One Dewars and one beer later I came back out, not feeling quite, adjusted.
Oh well, still had another 50 miles to go.
Home? No no, not yet. Old lady. Grocery shopping but not before, let's have dinner at ****'* ... OK. Beer. Fajita Beer. I had fish. Old lady had steak. I just wanted something light. OK, now grocery store and ... bloody Clemson traffic! Everybody hates Clemson traffic! Home? Eventually.
Home ... loose dog ... cats in trees ... mosquitoes en-mass.
Catch dog ... feed dog ... talk cats down ... feed cats ... mosquito bite salve ... warm air leaking out of ears ... brain farts.
All of this would be of little significance, but, I went to bed at 12:30AM and laid there with my eyes closed until 4AM. Got up and drank a beer ... laid in bed some more with my eyes closed. So I got up and turned the computer on and turned on TWC and listened to Earl. Popped back on the Island. Rolled over and closed eyes. Laid in bed with eyes closed for 3 more hours and the 8AM alarm went off. Reset alarm for 10AM. I think I sort of slept.
Ugh! Whatever! Coffee! Shower! Help Old lady with her knee scooter. (old lady foot surgery two weeks ago) Review map! Go!
Thanks Again Everyone! Each and all of you!
Should I get coffee?
N2CHX
09-04-2010, 08:42 PM
Congrats, traitor!
K7SGJ
09-04-2010, 10:00 PM
Congrats barkeep. Shows you what a good nights sleep will do for ya............................
WA4TM
09-04-2010, 10:06 PM
Way to go Charles!!!!!!!
W4RLR
09-05-2010, 12:34 AM
Congrats, oh great purveyor of intoxicating libations! I hope to duplicate your feat in a month or two.
KG4CGC
09-05-2010, 12:49 AM
Thanks again everyone. Allow me to reiterate, it wasn't as easy as General but consider that I have also not done any real, honest to goodness studying since after high school. The SARC club did mix it up a bit. Some of the questions and choices are not in the same multiple choice order as in the exact VEC question pool as it is published. The Tech test I took in 1989 was exactly like it appeared in the published study manual. I can say the same about the General exam I took in 2008. Also of note. About 4 of the questions on my exam were not worded exactly the same as the published question pool but if you read it properly, it expressed exactly the same question.
These are just observation and not complaints.
I want to thank the people of the SARC club for their cooperation and friendliness. The VEC team and the club officers were all very professional and helpful. (I realize that adding club is redundant but it is better than just saying SARC. LOL! which is Shelby Amateur Radio Club)
Congratulations Charles. Are you keeping the familiar CGC or changing to a Extree call?
KG4CGC
09-05-2010, 02:13 AM
-.- --. ....- -.-. --. -.-.
ki4itv
09-05-2010, 09:45 AM
I take it that would be a YES!
Probably won't change mine either. I find it helpful for some hams to already know they hate me, when I meet them in person the first time.
Particularly the Winlickers. :lol:
ad4mg
09-05-2010, 01:01 PM
Way to go, Charles! You may now look down upon the great unwashed masses is disdain ... no, the hell with that. Thought I had dialed my browser to some other, bigger amateur radio forum for a second. :shock:
You're not even going to get a sequential extree call? Dude!
Really, congratulations. It is a worthy achievement! :yes:
:rock:
KG4CGC
09-05-2010, 03:03 PM
Thanks Again :)
After I completed the journey and was actually starting to roll off down the road, I went back inside because it occurred to me that I didn't see the part on the form about keeping my old call. The gentlemen inside told me that keeping the old call is now automatic unless you specify on the form that you want a new call and showed me where it was on the paperwork.
I did not know this but there it was. In 2008, the upgrade to General, the form had a place on it to check if you wished to keep your old callsign.
Way to go, Charles! You may now look down upon the great unwashed masses in disdain ...
Damned right! :-P ;)
Good work, Charles. :agree:
KG4CGC
09-05-2010, 03:09 PM
Thanks Jim. You made the difference.
Thanks Jim. You made the difference.
That's a scary thought.... :shock: :rofl:
NA4BH
09-05-2010, 05:47 PM
Well I guess HELL did freeze over. :lol: Congratulations.
ad4mg
09-05-2010, 06:12 PM
Well I guess HELL did freeze over. :lol:
This is good news for some of us around here ... :evil:
This is good news for some of us around here ... :evil:
Just in time, too--they ran out of ice at the canteen.
kb3usd
09-06-2010, 10:48 PM
Corn gratulations. I got me extra in August. The bands are nice and open in the advanced/extra segments.
:)
KG4CGC
09-06-2010, 10:57 PM
Corn gratulations. I got me extra in August. The bands are nice and open in the advanced/extra segments.
:)
Welcome to the Island, Spence.
Enjoying the warm breeze?
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/SiamGoldBeer1.jpg
NA4BH
09-06-2010, 11:12 PM
Welcome to the Island, Spence.
Enjoying the warm breeze?
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/SiamGoldBeer1.jpg
He needs to wait until burrito night, talk about warm breezes. :lol: :lol:
KG4CGC
09-06-2010, 11:14 PM
He needs to wait until burrito night, talk about warm breezes. :lol: :lol:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/1234284510-i2dw5nf19jork8da9mddfxflo1_500.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/1234284510-i2dw5nf19jork8da9mddfxflo1_500.jpg
Sweet Jesus! That wouldn't result in mere breezes, that would cause a human hurricane!
Righteous, Charles.
Maybe I'll work you on the air some day. I worked BSO, Carl on 40 today with an antenna that is laying on the roof, not to my knowledge, so anything is possible.
Good for you. Now, you don't have to worry about it anymore!
KG4CGC
09-07-2010, 12:17 AM
Thanks. :)
Tuesday looks like a good day for getting some 10 gauge wire up in the trees. Wish me luck I may drop a mast and set it back up to do this. LOL!
Can I get me an Extree Ale to mark the occasion?
KG4CGC
09-07-2010, 01:19 AM
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/newcastle_brown_ale.jpg
ki4itv
09-07-2010, 02:11 AM
Corn gratulations...
:)
I say... you're certainly going to fit right in!
Welcome to the glub (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glub)!
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/newcastle_brown_ale.jpg
Kewl! The perfect drink for the hitting the highest rung on the Ham Ladder. Welcome to the club and to the Extree preeveledges too.
KC2UGV
09-07-2010, 06:20 AM
Well shit, I'm late... Congrats on the upgrade :)
And another late congrats to our fair Island Bartender!!!!!! :cheers:
KG4CGC
09-07-2010, 09:12 PM
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/ELVISthankyou.jpg
K7SGJ
09-07-2010, 09:27 PM
Now that you've been a TAE for awhile, is the new tower up, the new rotator and beam working well? Have you got that radio working in those skinny new areas? WAS, WAC, WILLY?
KG4CGC
09-07-2010, 10:15 PM
Still working on my WALT.
kb2crk
09-08-2010, 12:23 AM
congrats barkeep. just saw the thread. one of these years i will go for it myself.
KG4CGC
09-08-2010, 12:35 AM
It's in the FCC database today. w00t!
Just go for it, Paul.
It's in the FCC database today. w00t!
All reet! You is o-fficial!
Still working on my WALT.
Worked All Lesbian Therapists??
Worked All Lesbian Therapists??
Kelli got a new job?
Kelli got a new job?
She can work the therapists, I'll stick to the Lesbians...
She can work the therapists, I'll stick to the Lesbians...
I just hate when they get sticky.......
AA8AE
09-10-2010, 02:49 PM
Congrat's. Is there a 2x1 call in your future?
KG4CGC
09-10-2010, 02:57 PM
Congrat's. Is there a 2x1 call in your future?
Negative. I'm keeping my call. Same one since Tech. It is like a slice in time, a moment in history.
Besides, I can't send back the T-shirts! LOL!
Negative. I'm keeping my call. Same one since Tech. It is like a slice in time, a moment in history.
Besides, I can't send back the T-shirts! LOL!
kilo Goofy four, Charles Goofy Charles.
yeah, ok.
KG4CGC
09-10-2010, 03:30 PM
Crunchy Green Cracker
Crunchy Green Cracker
Beats "Bull Shit Operator."
KG4CGC
09-10-2010, 03:41 PM
Beats "Bull Shit Operator."
LOL! Better Sexual Offer - Bigger Swing Operator
Covert Grunge Converter
NA4BH
09-10-2010, 03:54 PM
Crunchy Green Cracker
Cattle Grabbing Conspirator :rofl: :rofl:
KG4CGC
09-10-2010, 04:00 PM
Cattle Grabbing Conspirator :rofl: :rofl:
Need Another 4 Bong Hits!
NA4BH
09-10-2010, 04:02 PM
Need Another 4 Bong Hits!
Sounds like I hang out with the boys. Sue and Pat.
Covert Grunge Converter
Colorful Gay Charles?
Next Tuesday, I'm starting an extra upgrade class given by my ARC and should be ready to sit for my test by the end of October. I'm trying to decide if I should ask for a sequential 2x2 call sign or keep my old one. A problem with my current one is that it makes it really obvious that I'm a relative newbie to ham radio. On the other hand, it is fun to send in Morse. Not that I'm good enough at copying code to actually go on the air yet, but I will be eventually. And if I change, I'd have to replace the ham license plate on my pickup.
KG4CGC
09-10-2010, 04:07 PM
Colorful Gay Charles?
Next Tuesday, I'm starting an extra upgrade class given by my ARC and should be ready to sit for my test by the end of October. I'm trying to decide if I should ask for a sequential 2x2 call sign or keep my old one. A problem with my current one is that it makes it really obvious that I'm a relative newbie to ham radio. On the other hand, it is fun to send in Morse. Not that I'm good enough at copying code to actually go on the air yet, but I will be eventually. And if I change, I'd have to replace the ham license plate on my pickup.
Good luck with the study.
It's true. I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body. Guess it all works out.
Good luck with the study.
It's true. I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body. Guess it all works out.
Hey, me too! Funny coincidence, eh?
Thanks. I'll let all y'all know if I pass. I won't let anyone know if I fail.
KG4CGC
09-10-2010, 04:09 PM
Sounds like I hang out with the boys. Sue and Pat.
OH! Rimmmmmm SHOT!
kf0rt
09-10-2010, 04:10 PM
Negative. I'm keeping my call. Same one since Tech. It is like a slice in time, a moment in history.
Besides, I can't send back the T-shirts! LOL!
You're probably better off... Ever since they dropped the code, all those new extras have driven even the ugly 1x2 and 2x1 callsigns into obscurity. For a small sum, could we offer you KG4CG? :stickpoke:
Or, you could keep the KG4 and go for KG4IslandBartender. :yes::lol:
kf0rt
09-10-2010, 04:11 PM
Need Another 4 Bong Hits!
:rofl::rofl::rofl:
KG4CGC
09-10-2010, 04:13 PM
Hey, me too! Funny coincidence, eh?
Thanks. I'll let all y'all know if I pass. I won't let anyone know if I fail.
I was going to take the test the first time on the third Saturday of July but didn't feel ready. Then came the third Saturday of August but of course, did I get any sleep? I didn't get much sleep (2 hours) before Shelby but taking the test at 2pm helped that I guess.
Colorful Gay Charles?
And if I change, I'd have to replace the ham license plate on my pickup.
Of course you would. And send one of the old ones to me for my collection!
I actually counted my ham plates the other day. I have 759 ham radio operator plates now.
Is that weird or what?
KG4CGC
09-10-2010, 04:44 PM
What part? 759 of them or the fact that you have them?
NA4BH
09-10-2010, 04:45 PM
What part? 759 of them or the fact that you have them?
The fact that he hasn't got caught stealing them yet. :whistle:
The fact that he hasn't got caught stealing them yet. :whistle:
Never stole a plate. And yes, the part that I have them.
Of course you would. And send one of the old ones to me for my collection!
If I change, I will most certainly do that, Dave. Wouldn't that be a great QSL card?
I actually counted my ham plates the other day. I have 759 ham radio operator plates now.
Is that weird or what?
It's weird, but weirdly cool! If you have any dupes, feel free to send them to me. I need another useless hobby.
oh, license plate collecting is.
At one point, I had over 15,000 plates, and I still have about 4000. It's kind like of like collecting stamps, except with oil involved.
I still look around for plates once in awhile, and I find things like the attached; http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q275/nx6d/ham%20radio/SANY1266.jpg
21 Nevada flats are pretty rare, and anything Okinawa in good shape is tough. I got these off of craig'slist locally from some older guy in east Sac for $100, with some other junk he thought was valuable. My wife actually found the listing, and the seller said he got over 40 calls.
And you thought ham ops were nuts.
Carl, you want to try 75m tonight?
And you thought ham ops were nuts.
Well, I sure am.
Carl, you want to try 75m tonight?
Well, my antenna isn't really great on 75 but I'll give it a try. Around 20:00 local works well for me.
W2NAP
09-12-2010, 06:14 PM
this is my late congrats on the AE
....and one later yet . Congratulations . Learned the secret handshake yet ?
KG4CGC
09-12-2010, 08:21 PM
AYE! Thanks again allobody!
The paper tags came in the mail yesterday :)
W2NAP
09-13-2010, 02:30 PM
one day ill get up there....
KG4CGC
09-13-2010, 02:43 PM
one day ill get up there....
The General was pretty easy for me. Give it a shot and no, it was mainly common sense stuff.
Yeah, general isn't much harder than technician. Go for it--HF is where all the fun is!
W2NAP
09-14-2010, 06:31 PM
The General was pretty easy for me. Give it a shot and no, it was mainly common sense stuff.
time and money. one day i will
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