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NEW FRIENDS.  ART BROWN, W7GGI, AUBURN, WASHINGTON DISAPPOINTED  I THOUGHT
I WOULD PASS ALONG A FEW FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MY FIRST 10 MONTHS IN AMATEUR
RADIO.  I RECEIVED MY LICENSE IN AUGUST 2000.  DURING THE LATE SUMMER OF
2000, I WOULD SPEND AN HOUR OR TWO EACH EVENING OUTDOORS WITH A 2 METER
H/T.  OVER THE COURSE OF THREE TO FOUR WEEKS I RECEIVED TWO REPLIES TO MY
CALLS ON MY LOCAL REPEATERS.  DURING MY FIRST CHAT USING MY 2 METER MOBILE
I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF OUR LOCAL SUPER HAMS AND WAS JOINED/INTERRUPTED BY
NO LESS THAN THREE OTHER HAMS, ALL WANTING TO TALK TO THE OTHER PARTY, AND
I WAS ROTATED OUT OF THE CONVERSATION IMMEDIATELY.  WHILE DRIVING HOME ONE
EVENING IN OCTOBER, I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A CONTACT ON FOUR DIFFERENT
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92 B PA7FM 70,272 244 96 B PA3EZC 18,330 130 47 B PA3BFH 268,884 582 154 C
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