[Not new, been there done that but.........]

Hi John,

 

I got my ticket almost the same time and got into ARES/RACES emcomms here on the west-side of WA. Then I found out about geocacheing around 2006. The YL and I love searching and keeping in touch, since we are both tech's too.

 

If you ever get around the Olympia area we listen on the Capitol City repeater 145.47, which is on the Evergreen Intertie.

 

73,

KD7YOE & KE7FVM

[Any Ham Radio Operators Here?]

I'm KD7YOE with my YL being KE7FVM and we are the "Cowgirls" GeoCache team. It's good to have real, reliable radios when searching in the Evergreen forests here in the Olympic Forest.

[CB]

When I was with REACT in the 1980-90's we assisted hundreds of people, from locals to "skip" from Kansas to Florida (YES, with 5W AM rigs).

Now I enjoy helping the community as a HAM, but still have SSB/CB and FRS/GMRS too. Every option (or redundency) is good for back-up.

[Any Ham Radio Operators Here?]

Me - KD7YOE, I'm AEC for ARES/RACES in our county.

Wife - KE7FVM.

 

We're new to Geocacheing, but learning a lot from a friend who' been cacheing for years (who is also an Extra-class Ham).