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    From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Rug Rat on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 10:52:21
    Re: Re: z
    By: Rug Rat to Nigel Reed on Mon Oct 20 2025 22:07:45

    I forgot it all the second I learned I passed the exam!
    ...
    "NO!!! I passed! I'm doing a brain dump the second I walk out this door!"

    You must be so proud.
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  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to Mortar M. on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 13:47:58
    On Tue 21-Oct-2025 10:52a, Mortar M.@1:124/5016.0 said to Rug Rat:

    You must be so proud.

    As a matter of fact I was, do you have a point or just being a troll?
    If it is the latter, might I suggest Facebook? It is the perfect platform for that type of behavior..

    Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Mortar M. on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 18:46:34
    Hello, Mortar!

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

    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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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Sean Dennis on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 22:21:20
    Sean,

    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.

    I want to say that the Laurel VEC has now accredited a VE Team
    with Courage Kenny Handi-Hams...so they can do exams at their
    yearly fall radio camp.

    I record the monthly audio transcript for the visually impaired
    of the Journal of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA).
    It takes about 8 hours to get everything done, but I know that
    many blind and visually impaired hams enjoy this. I started doing
    it just over a year ago, when the last guy (who had done it for
    several years), retired.

    Having had poor eyesight much of my life, I know what a benefit
    this is.

    73,

    Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, QCWA VHF+ Net Manager

    ... I watch what I eat...from the plate to the mouth.
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