tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2968254002071870786.post2508548436330036423..comments2024-02-23T03:50:28.988-05:00Comments on VE9KK Blog : What was your magnet to Amateur radio?VE9KK http://www.blogger.com/profile/04720839744779758420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2968254002071870786.post-60291667114452764292019-11-03T20:36:11.590-05:002019-11-03T20:36:11.590-05:00Good evening Bas, glad that this post had you look...Good evening Bas, glad that this post had you looking back to see where and how it all happened. That sure was the DX to get into the U.S with just 500mW's. I can relate to starting a family and having ham radio take the back burner for years and years. It seems once the seed is planted in time the hobby is picked back up again. Yes it sure is a beautiful hobby and it's always challenging. <br />73, <br />Mike <br />VE9KKVE9KK https://www.blogger.com/profile/04720839744779758420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2968254002071870786.post-10387218169012892422019-11-03T17:19:00.530-05:002019-11-03T17:19:00.530-05:00Hello Mike, well I have to dig deep! I think what ...Hello Mike, well I have to dig deep! I think what triggered my interest was a small transistorradio I got from my dad. I think I was at the age of 7. I used to listen to radio Luxemburg all the time. I was always looking for walkie talkie info and tried to listen to police radio which was just below 88MHz and sometimes I could hear voices. Still it took 3 more years till I was 10 when I got a set of CB walkie talkies. A new world opened and my interest grew when CB became legal in 1981 or so. But I had no money and actually was too young to have a license. A few years later I finally bought my first CB (22 ch, 500mW). And another world opened.....after some years being locally active I started to hear french and german stations. I heard other stations from my neighbourhood talking to them and I was shure I coul make it as well....and I did. My first encounter with DX. 1987 was a highlight when I made my first QSO on CB with the USA!! After worked over 250 DXCC on CB it took till 1998 before I got my license. I got married as well and was off air for some years. But came back in 2006. And here I am still active and still interested in this beautiful radio hobby. 73, BasPE4BAS, Bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958141238330445285noreply@blogger.com