Simulation of Plane Crash at Midland INA

   The City of Midland will simulate a plan crash at Midland International Airport of July 8, 2000. Amateur volunteers will be needed to assist in communication, if needed. Please call Jim Reid, K5KUX, to volunteer to help or ask questions.

Testing is conducted at the Red Cross Building on Elizabeth Street at 8:30 A.M. on the second Saturday of every month. (Other times may be arranged.)  A total of $6.65 will charged for  each element All elements and code use the multiple choice format. Individual ear phones are used for code testing.Testing is always sponsored by the ARRL-VEC. For more information call Mitch Martin, WA5ZAP @ 561-9397, Email: wa5zap@apex2000.net  or Sterling Talley,Contact Person, WB5G @ 684-6994, Email: sterling@apex2000.net.

Watkins from column 2

meetings till summer rolled around and everyone went different directions. Ray and Steve did continue to set up Technician school for Aug. of 1998. Here we got to meet Cool Daddy Dewey and crew. We also got to meet a lot of the other beginner Hams we still see there today. I originally just went to take Trey to the lessons since I was not as hooked as Trey was. However, as I sat and listened and tried out the other radios at the club, I too was hooked and studied to pass the test. We did take a lot of tests on the ARRL site to get everything down for the VEs. I do remember Sterling being one of the VEs that night we took our first test. Trey and I both took the test, I passed both sections while Trey only passed the Novice. He then took the test again the next time it was offered and he passed the Tech class then. After that he was off to the races --while I managed to barely keep up
   Well, come Sept. last year, the

See Watkins, page 5

   Trey was always interested in anything that had a microphone from an early age. This should have been a good warning as to what has followed as he grew up.
   I have had a CB since they came to be popular and maybe some time before that. I am not sure. I have had one since I went to work for Halliburton in South Texas in 1977. We all had company radios in the cars and some of the smaller trucks but not in the large heavy equipment so for our own personal communication we used the CB. Well we did have to be sure we all knew were to stop to EAT, as you sure did not want to miss that.
   Well as things progressed I maintained a CB after Trey was born. I had it mounted in a van that we used for traveling so as he grew he would listen to it and later he would talk on it as much as we would let

See Watkins column 2