Newcomers' news

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It is always good to receive input from readers and we have some fine examples this month. Jackie Bosworth, M3JTO, responded to my request in the August column for input from lady newcomers. I will let her take up the tale: "My name is Jackie and I have been licensed since May 2005. Before April, I had never even heard of amateur radio until my partner Steve, M3JTI, mentioned that he would like to take the Foundation exam. He said that it may be a good way to stay in touch, so I thought I would give it a go and see what it was all about. "We took our Foundation exams at the North Wakefield Radio Club (see Websearch below). Everyone was very friendly and supportive and made us feel really at home. We both passed and now we enjoy QSOs on our ICOM IC718 and using the Wakefield Club shack. We are both going to take our Intermediate exams in November and then go straight on to do our Advanced.