http://kb6nu.com/after-some-fancy-footwork-the-talk-goes-well/ My personal adventures in amateur radio Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:03:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://kb6nu.com/after-some-fancy-footwork-the-talk-goes-well/#comment-81 John Callaghan (K1HAH) Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:10:45 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/?p=728#comment-81 No it isn't my fathers ham radio anymore. Things change. Let me take a few minutes and tell you about just one man, Willard R Ballou, W1BTU (sk) formerly 1AMI back in the early years of radio. That was 1924 when the call book listed him for the first time. He tried to work some station, somewhere in the world each and every day of his 81 years as a radio amateur. Yesterday, his key silenced for the final time and he was laid to rest in his 100th year of life. Many a young ham he elmered, teaching whatever they needed to learn. Not only ham radio, but, boxing, weight lifting, model airplane building and whatever someone needed Willard was there to help. So as you go forth to teach Dan, remember things change, our hobby does as well but the one thing I hope will never end is the ham who says to another less experienced, "Let's take a few minutes and talk about it and then maybe you'll see it like I do." No it isn’t my fathers ham radio anymore. Things change. Let me take a few minutes and tell you about just one man, Willard R Ballou, W1BTU (sk) formerly 1AMI back in the early years of radio. That was 1924 when the call book listed him for the first time. He tried to work some station, somewhere in the world each and every day of his 81 years as a radio amateur. Yesterday, his key silenced for the final time and he was laid to rest in his 100th year of life. Many a young ham he elmered, teaching whatever they needed to learn. Not only ham radio, but, boxing, weight lifting, model airplane building and whatever someone needed Willard was there to help. So as you go forth to teach Dan, remember things change, our hobby does as well but the one thing I hope will never end is the ham who says to another less experienced, “Let’s take a few minutes and talk about it and then maybe you’ll see it like I do.”

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