01/07/2006 | N0LD I introduced Billy Dansereau (a Douglass, KS high school junior) to contesting with the ARRL 10m contest. He was at rapt attention during the contest marvelling (for instance) "Are they really in Barbados!... " He is taking his Technician exam at the end of the month and has already begun reading the General Study Guide. He has convinced three other high school students to take their Technician class as well. Our club (Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society) has begun plans to help them build their first 2m J-Pole from copper pipe and to assist them in getting on the air. It is these events that make ham radio very exciting to me! -- N0LD