‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MAY 2019 QST PAGE 33 ‰ SERIOUS INJURY. IN OTHER WORDS, NEVER EVER TOUCH THE ANTENNA WHILE TRANSMITTING. ALAIN DE CAROLIS, K1FM, WAS LICENSED IN ITALY AT AGE 16 AS IW6PBC, THEN IZ6BYY. HIS RADIO AVOCATION BEGAN AS A CB OPERATOR AT AGE 12. ONE YEAR LATER, DURING A MASSIVE FOOD NEAR HIS AREA, HE PICKED UP A MAYDAY CALL FROM A DROWNING TRUCK DRIVER ON CB CHANNEL 9 AND COORDINATED THE RESCUE EFFORTS. ALAIN HAS HAD A LONG EXPERIENCE WITH AMATEUR SATELLITES AND MANNED SPACE MISSIONS. DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR, HE ACTIVATED HIS HIGH ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚