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General Category => New To Radio => Topic started by: TexasRadio on November 07, 2013, 12:51:53 PM

Title: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: TexasRadio on November 07, 2013, 12:51:53 PM
Howdy All from Texas !!!!

One year this past Field Day in Amateur Radio and tested and past for Extra.  !!!

New to this site.

Don't know everything but if I can help answer questions feel free to ask.

Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RichardSinFWTX on November 07, 2013, 01:08:51 PM
WooHoo!!!  Welcome to the club!

Good to see another resident of God's Country here!!

Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RadioRay on November 07, 2013, 01:20:14 PM
Wellll, if ya'all TEXans don't mind a Virginian stepping in, I'd like to welcome the gentleman as well.    :D   I was blessed with a few months temporary duty (a long time ago) out in south-west Texas at San Angelo and was treated like royalty.  Welcome to the forum and it's good to have you aboard.


>RadioRay ..._ ._
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: TexasRadio on November 07, 2013, 01:20:46 PM
Yes Sir !!!!!

Thanks for the Welcome !!!!!
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: TexasRadio on November 07, 2013, 01:22:11 PM
Quote from: RadioRay on November 07, 2013, 01:20:14 PM
Wellll, if ya'all TEXans don't mind a Virginian stepping in, I'd like to welcome the gentleman as well.    :D   I was blessed with a few months temporary duty (a long time ago) out in south-west Texas at San Angelo and was treated like royalty.  Welcome to the forum and it's good to have you aboard.


>RadioRay ..._ ._

And thanks to you as well.


Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RichardSinFWTX on November 07, 2013, 01:24:25 PM
Well I do declare, Ray, you are most welcome here!

Have a seat here on the porch and we'll fix ya a mint julep!   ;D
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: KK0G on November 07, 2013, 01:31:01 PM
Welcome and congratulations on the Extra ticket.
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RichardSinFWTX on November 07, 2013, 01:31:41 PM
Quote from: RadioRay on November 07, 2013, 01:20:14 PM
Wellll, if ya'all TEXans don't mind a Virginian stepping in, I'd like to welcome the gentleman as well.    :D   I was blessed with a few months temporary duty (a long time ago) out in south-west Texas at San Angelo and was treated like royalty.  Welcome to the forum and it's good to have you aboard.


>RadioRay ..._ ._

Who did you pi** off to get sent to Goodfellow AFB??  ;)

I was there too for just a few months though back in '89.

Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RadioRay on November 07, 2013, 02:48:59 PM
" Who did you pi** off to get sent to Goodfellow AFB??  ;)  "

Ft. Concho / Ft. Goodfellow as we used to remind the zoomies , because the runway must have been as long as the Concho River was wide, because we never saw it... 

The Judge said that I was either going to language training or prison.  I made a rash decision in joining the Army.


>Ray
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RichardSinFWTX on November 07, 2013, 03:01:28 PM
Quote from: RadioRay on November 07, 2013, 02:48:59 PM
" Who did you pi** off to get sent to Goodfellow AFB??  ;)  "

Ft. Concho / Ft. Goodfellow as we used to remind the zoomies , because the runway must have been as long as the Concho River was wide, because we never saw it... 

The Judge said that I was either going to language training or prison.  I made a rash decision in joining the Army.


>Ray

I hear ya man!  So, were you a Golf or a No-Luck Chuck?!  ;)

I was there from July '89 to the end of September then went up to Fort Devens.
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: WA4STO on November 07, 2013, 03:10:10 PM
Quote from: RadioRay on November 07, 2013, 02:48:59 PM

The Judge said that I was either going to language training or prison.  I made a rash decision in joining the Army.



Heh, in my case the 'judge' was the draft.  I went into the Naval Security Group, ended up ditty bopping for a while on the midnight shift and then -- lo and behold -- there was a notice on the wall wanting some of us kids (I was 17) to go language school.  Hmmm... I could either be a cunning linguist or I could keep chasing ditties.  I opted for language school at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey. 

From there this squid was sent to yet another army post (go figure) this time in beautiful downtown Fort Meade MD.  Yippee.

73 de Luck, WA4STO
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RichardSinFWTX on November 07, 2013, 03:16:41 PM
Yup...did my time at the Defense Love Institute!  Sloat Monument was still there when I left!!   ;D  Saluted many a naval E7 because of that damn tiny, shiny rank!  What language did ya get?  German here.  Guess where I ended up?!

I was a tactical guy, 1st Infantry Division Mechanized (Forward), Cooke Barracks Germany!  The closest I got to Fort Meade was sending boxes of cassette tapes full of recorded Russian traffic from Iraq in the days leading up to Desert Storm. 

Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: Archangel320420 on November 07, 2013, 06:42:52 PM
Welcome aboard "da luv boat", TexasRadio.
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: John Galt on November 07, 2013, 09:59:54 PM
Welcome, TexasRadio!!  You're gonna love this site.  Texas is a pretty small state but what part do you hail from? 

I'd sure like to see us start working on a Radiopreppers Texas subnet.  Maybe we can consider that.  Don't know but maybe it's time to start a Texas Subforum?
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RichardSinFWTX on November 07, 2013, 10:11:50 PM
Sounds great to me!!   ;D
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: KK0G on November 07, 2013, 10:30:33 PM
Quote from: John Galt on November 07, 2013, 09:59:54 PM
I'd sure like to see us start working on a Radiopreppers Texas subnet.  Maybe we can consider that.  Don't know but maybe it's time to start a Texas Subforum?
All that's required is someone mention it to Gil, simple as that.
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RichardSinFWTX on November 07, 2013, 10:49:20 PM
Quote from: KK0G on November 07, 2013, 10:30:33 PM
All that's required is someone mention it to Gil, simple as that.

Done!
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: gil on November 08, 2013, 02:17:20 PM
QuoteDone!

Yep, me too  ;)

Gil.
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: RichardSinFWTX on November 08, 2013, 02:19:13 PM
I was meaning that I'd made the request...;)
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: TexasRadio on November 09, 2013, 07:08:43 PM
Quote from: John Galt on November 07, 2013, 09:59:54 PM
Welcome, TexasRadio!!  You're gonna love this site.  Texas is a pretty small state but what part do you hail from? 

I'd sure like to see us start working on a Radiopreppers Texas subnet.  Maybe we can consider that.  Don't know but maybe it's time to start a Texas Subforum?
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Conroe / Cleveland area.
Title: Re: Kinda New to Radio
Post by: KW4HKY on August 27, 2014, 08:41:57 PM
Extra is a bear! Well done!