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Greetings From The Welcome Net On W9WIN Repeaters
We all know that this hobby is filled with experiences. Some of them bad and many of them good. As said in the movie The Big Lebowski...”Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you.”
The Welcome Net allows us to share both the good and the bad experiences. The good encourages others. But when the bad experiences comes a long there is usually someone who has had the same bad experience and can provide ways to turn the bad experience into a good experience.
The other thing about experiences is that they can not be experienced if you don’t know that they are there to experience. Duh… Well, The Welcome Net allows others to share what they are doing in the hobby and provide a road map to new experiences for others to try.
At the end of each Welcome Net everyone can walk away having shared their experiences and with one or two other ideas for a new experience.
The Welcome Net allows for shared experiences
Congratulations to all for making our first attempt at creating a stand alone welcome net such a success. It is hard to believe it is now six months old and going strong. It averages twenty to twenty-five and sometime more check ins a week with a strong showing from newly licensed hams. But wait, there is more good news....
Gordon and Ellen upgraded to extra class licenses in early November. Other new hams licensed since the start of this net are upgraded or upgrading soon. The connections they made on the net with elmers has added much to their experiences in this great hobby.
It takes the whole amateur radio community to nuture new folks into our world sharing social connections and technical knowledge. How many new friends are out there you have not met yet?
