I have never been big on awards… but for some odd reason, I got serious into my WAS (Worked All States) award… and it with the combination of the newer digital modes has made it way easier than it used to be… at least for me. So over the past 2 years I have been diligently working toward this award… I had it some time last fall but didn’t apply until January… I had hopes of completing some additional endorsements to go with it but then just figured get the basic award done then apply for those endorsements… So hear is the plaque I got this week… as proof that I have made contacts (confirmed by LOTW) on the 5 main amateur bands. I now have confirmed for 3 more bands and lack one contact to finish up the 9th band… but …
Since this is a radio based post, I also found some old pictures of my second ham shack… (never got pictures of the first)…
Yes it was a lot of Heathkit gear and I built all of it … and it worked…. ha!
here is one about the same time… I know it was the Fall of 1979… and I had a beard… then as well as now… and the guy with his back is Bob Clark… my old boss with the SCS in Colorado… He was a ham as well…
He had been one then let his license expire and when I got serious and found some ELMERS to teach us he went through the course and got re-licensed…
Todays other activities were mundane, again… spent much of the morning pulling out some old fence line on the north side of the property… trimming out some brush and other yard things… Had lunch in town with my wife… then home to do more yard work, cleaning (although you can’t tell what I did)… and fixed dinner… just another day…
WD0AJG