Subj : Introduction ...
To   : Khronos
From : Ed Vance
Date : Sun Mar 03 2024 18:55:49

Howdy! Kronos aka KF4YEY,
I was 16 when the FCC issued the Novice Class ticket to me.

Originally from Kentucky but became an deported Kentuckian when I was hired for
a job in Indiana.

Your name wasn't in your post.
I wanted to start this reply saying: "Howdy! ......", so I went to qrz.com to
see it.
Because I didn't Log On to QRZ.COM due to my losing that precious piece of
paper that has ALL of my passwords to websites I have joined all I saw was a
blank page asking me to Log In.

Another item to add to my ROUNDTUIT List.

I have a Heathkit Sixer but stopped using when my neighbor across the street
mentioned he could hear me talking on his television set.
So I QRT'd 6 Meter operations.

You read already that HF operation ended when Coax and Antenna Rotor Cables
looked ugly.

Years ago I owned a Kenwood TR-9130 All Mode 2M rig.
It began resetting the frequency that I was chatting on to 144.000 which is a
NO NO on FM.

Kenwood recommended a Service Shop and I shipped it, but the problem couldn't
be fixed so I told the owner to keep it for Spare Parts.
He said it would go in his JUNQUE PILE.

I got Ham Radio information in the Amateur Radio Echo on this BBS to let me
know what was going on.
I could read ARN (Amateur Radio Newsline) and ARRL messages and also post
messages to others in the Echo.

But then, two years ago my DSL Service began having problems.
A Serviceman came and said my speed was low caused by something at their end
and he recommended cancelling DSL and having a Fiber Internet Service.

So I moved the XP Desktop away so the Fiber Cable could be routed in the room
my computers are in.
When the Tech came to install the new service I tried connecting to several
websites on my notebook, without any of the pages I usually read appearing.
I then typed the Fiber Companies Dot Com page and it came up.
The Tech left and I moved the XP box back in place but never made a connection,
not even the notebook could open a webpage.
I cancelled the Fiber Internet Service.
Last year I called to have Fiber installed again.
No luck that time either, cancelled again.

This year I subscribed to a Cellphone Company and got my Internet Fix finally.
I've been told that I'm snakebit, probably so.
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