Subj : Brain Drain Shame
To   : Mortar M.
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Tue Oct 21 2025 18:46:34

Hello, Mortar!

Replying to a message of Mortar M. to Rug Rat:

 MM> You must be so proud.

Last month's meeting, we had one of our members who is the East Coast regional sales director for Bendix King, a high-end radio manufacturer, take and pass his Technican test on a whim.  I am a VE for our club and I dared him to doi it.  We do not charge test fees so he took it...and passed. LOL

We give him a hard timr now about being an "accidental ham".

He was able to get BK to donate a special system to us that allows club members to usxe both our 2 meter and220 meter repeaters over the Internet.  The system is called InteropONE if you want to look it up.

I am an ARRL-accredited VE with the Laurel VEC out of Laurel, Maryland.  It's one of the oldest VEC groups and they do not charge a test fee for any amateur radio license test.

-- Sean KS4TD/WSBW961
   EM86ti / ks4td.us

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