Re: How old are you?



nc183d@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Just a question that has been rattling around in the gourd. What age
> group are B/A enthusiast-type folks here on the Net? I know we have the
> folks from when they (the B/A's) were the most active (and I'm talking
> SX11 here), but I wonder if there's a large following of Boomers that
> picked up on it too. I only say this because I don't see as many
> 30's-40's-50's people at the Hamfests and other gatherings as I see my
> elders (Gentlemen, all). So the question bubbles up outta the tar? How
> old are the folks on rec.radio.amateur.boatanchor?
> rgds, Mark S.

I'm 59. Got my Novice late in 1962, and my Second Phone in 1963. Laid
out of ham radio until Jan 2005, when I got my General, but was doing
BA electronics all along, for Lockheed Missiles & Space, Lockheed
Electronics, the Air Farce, and various universities.

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any form of regulation. It's sooo noble of them. - Christopher H.
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