Proud To Be A Christian American 'Ham'...

N4ISM

Hi... I received my Technician license
in January 2002... (KG4RDU)...
For the moment I'm content to remain a Technician,
but I figure in about a year I'll learn code
and upgrade to General...

Once I get my General, I foresee this hobby
getting a bit expensive with TWO 'Hams' in the family...
Some day I hope to have my OWN 'Ham station'...

My husband of almost 3 years,
W9LBW, Loren,
got me interested in the hobby...
He's been a 'Ham' since '94...

Loren and I met on the internet,
in a 'chat room'... He lived in Florida,
and I in California... I flew to Florida
to meet him and we hit it off...
He moved to California shortly after that
and we stayed there nearly 3 years,
until I was able to take an early retirement...
Then we moved back to his/our home in Florida...

I applied for a vanity Call in February,
and was granted my first choice in April...
I like the 1 by 3 format, so I looked up
all the 'ism' suffixes and applied for about 9
that were available... And, why, you may ask,
did I choose 'ism'?... Ism is my 'chat' name...
I've been an 'ism' of some sort since
I first got online in '98...
(Wow, I just thought of a new 'ism' name...
ism_the_ham)... giggles...

The only radio 'of my own' that I have
(right now) is my mobile Alinco DR-605 TQ
dual bander (2m and 70cm)
with a Diamond NR770 antenna...
We got this particular radio because
of its cross-band repeater capability...
We like to go for wilderness bike rides
and this radio will help us keep in touch,
especially in the event of an emergency...

At home I use my hubby's ADI AT-600
dual band HT, connected to a Comet
tri-band Omni GP15 at 55 feet...

With this set-up we're able to keep in touch
throughout the day (he's a truck driver
and drives locally)...

   God bless...

~73~