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Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club, Inc.

Volunteer Examiner Testing Session October 24th and 25th, 2006

The Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club will held an ARRL VEC testing session for all classes of licenses on Tuesday, October 24th and Wednesday, October 25th at the Brainerd Fire Station.

Examiners (l-r) Terry KIØFW, Pat WØETY, Fritz WØKO, and Jim WØIRE.

VE Paula WØHA was very careful to check the paperwork
VEs Dick WØECJ and Mark WØMH make paperwork decisions.
(l-r) Wayne Durant and Debra Doucette.  Happy new hams who passed their exams.  Others also passing the Technician exam were Robert Anderson, Corey Zeien, LaWayne Mann, Marcia Cole, Brooks Bateman, Fred Underhill, Steven O'Keefe, Amy Springer, Michael Stromberg, and Kevin Tengwall. 
A testing session on Wednesday night, October 25th, resulted in four more passing the Technician exam.  (l-r)Mark Turner, Steve Mott, Keith Bachman, and Kurt Doree.  Steve passed the written test for General and will be studying code.  He is the son of Curt NØCRM.  Kurt is the son of Al WØRC and Shirley KCØDCW

Congratulations to the sixteen who passed the exams.  A big thanks to instructors Al WØRC and John WØJGY for teaching six weeks of class preparing the students for testing.

11/2/06:  Callsigns issued: Wayne Durant of Brainerd is KCØYRZ, Debra Doucette of Pillager KCØYSD, Robert Anderson of Brainerd is KCØYRX, Cory Zeien of Baxter is KCØYSC, LaWayne Mann of Brainerd is KCØYRW, Marcia Cole of Menahga is KCØYSB, Fred Underhill of Brainerd is KCØYRY, Steven O'Keefe of Staples is KCØYRV, Amy Springer of Motley is KCØYSA, Michael Stromberg of Baxter is KCØYSF, Kevin Tengwall of Brainerd is KCØYSE, Mark Turner of Brainerd is KCØYTD, Steve Mott of Pequot Lakes is KCØYTE, Keith Bachman of Brainerd is KCØYTF, Kurt Doree of Brainerd is KCØYTC, and Brooks Bateman of Tavernier, FL is KI4RXR.  Congratulations to all.  73 Jim WØIRE
First QSO:  Received a call from my son yesterday, November 1st, about noonHe told me he has his new call and asked me to get on the Brainerd 147.225+ Repeater for his first contact.  I did so and many other hams chimed in with congrats..Steve WØTNT, Fritz WØKO, Dave KCØTGT, and Lyle KØLFV.  I'm so proud to be his first.  My feet still haven't touched the ground yet. you may say I'm a little proud. Steve's call is KCØYTH.  73's Curt NØCRM    PS Should dream up a fancy QSL card for him.

VE testing Laison,  Jim Barry WØIRE


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