MY NAME IS O.V. DHARMASENA. AMATEUR CALL SIGN 4S7OV. I AM 75 YEARS OLD, RETIRED ENGLISH TEACHER. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AT SEEVALI VIDYALAYA,RATNAPURA. (1938 TO 1947) WHILE SERVING AS AN ENGLIGH TEACHER IN "SINHALAGODA BUDDHIST MIXED SCHOOL" GRADUALLY I LOST VISION SOMEWHERE AROUND IN 1951. THEN I JOINED TO "THE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND" AT BALANGODA AND RETIRED IN 1983. LEARNED ELECTRONICS SINCE CHILDHOOD AND STARTED LEARNING HAM RADIO IN 1989. FOLLOWED THE AMATEUR RADIO CLASSES CONDUCTED BY OM "JOHN" 4S7JA AND "KULE" 4S7KG AT THE "SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND" AT RATMALANA AND OBTAINED THE LICENCE IN 1992. I AM THE FIRST BLIND RADIO AMATEUR TO RECEIVE THE HAM LICENCE IN 4S7 LAND.