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via eHam.net News on 8/10/09
Don Voigt, 89, walks between piles of tools, wire and cables, and sits down between his computer and his black ham radio. He dials in to his standard morning frequency, waits for a pause in the conversation, and clicks the button on his handset. "W4HQF," he says. "Good mornin', Pop!" several staticky voices say. One voice comes from Cross, S.C. Another comes from Salisbury. Most come from Gaston County. Most belong to retired men who worked in electronics for years and turned to amateur radios for a hobby. The six or so regulars talk for about an hour and a half every morning, about electronics, antennas and the weather. "Whatever comes on our mind, we talk about it," George Poteat of Dallas said. "It's just a bunch of friends, getting together and talking," Voigt has operated radios most of his life, but since his wife died in 1995, radio groups like this one have provided him with much-needed company, in the comfort of his house. "I have a lot of good friends in radio," he said. "There's a lot of camaraderie. A lot of good fellowship in ham radio." Voigt said he got "hooked" on radios during his childhood in Wisconsin. He obtained his amateur radio license in 1941, the same year he married his wife and entered the Army to work on radios and radar equipment. He served for four years, then worked as an engineer for a North Carolina radio station while raising two boys. In his spare time, Voigt would build radios and antennas at home, and travel to operate radios in other countries.Things you can do from here:
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