I was traveling at night down some winding rural highways
and was tired. I gave a call on 2M FM simplex and Mitch
responded. He could tell I was tired and chatted with me
until I was safely near my destination. I was new in the
area and had never talked with Mitch before!
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After I got to know Mitch and before I had my general
ticket he came over to my QTH to check out my new to me HF
rig and OCF dipole that was strung across the floor joists
in the basement. On his first call he worked a Harvard
special event station. On his next call he worked a
station in Orange County California. I really wanted to
get on HF and experiment with antennas after that!