Click for more detail... Clarence "WA6LLR" was my Grand Father He got me into Ham Radio in 1969 I was 12 years old ! He was a firm believer in cw and worked with me untill I was able to send and receive 20 wpm ,once I had passed my Novice, General ,Advanced and Extra class ,Him and I went to the center for the blind in Norwalk Calif to teach cw to the Blind,Clarence retired when he was 63 years old and 5 years later had a stroke he lived untill he was 85 and died from a infection in his legg ,he died March 18th 2004 I will always remember him telling me and all who he elmered "NO Clickie No tickie" and that always seemed to help anyone learning the cw to push on and do better, MY name is Glen Hinkley call is NN6T and very proud to be Wa6llr's Grand son and I am a proud cw operator today and will be untill the day I die 73 NN6T Last modified: Sat Dec 13 16:36:05 2008 Does this page contain inappropriate content? If so, Report this page... |