CQ, CQ, CQ…Hopewell?

by | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

Tonight, for the first time in months, I got on the ham radio, calling CQ on the 40-meter band. My second contact was “Bob.” In a flash, my buddy Milton (sitting with me) looked up Bob’s call sign on his computer, and started laughing hysterically....

It’s Official: I’m Now A Ham!

by | Feb 26, 2011 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

In the mid-1980s, I saw the movie Testament, starring Jane Alexander and William Devane. The story is set in a fictitious town of Hamlin (near San Francisco), and tells the story of an average American family in a Norman Rockwell town. One moment, the kids are...