Tri-State Member: Floyd Dungy (K4BXS)
Born shortly before the Nation's depression years, Floyd Dungy (K4BXS) grew up poor in a farm area where people were not educated in technology and most had never seen a radio. My dad learned early in life that he was not ment to be a farmer. His natural curiousity for what made things work was a gift that at the time, even his family did not understand. He seem to have a natural talent for understanding things that would puzzle even the smartest of scholars. When he made his own radio out of spare parts and home made substitutes, his own family was a little puzzled at the peculiarity of this small boy. Determined not to be stuck on a farm where he felt he did not belong, he went to school to study TV repairs, which eventually, was how he raised 4 girls. Working two jobs, but still finding time to chat on the 10-meter rig with people all over the world, I remember hearing him way in the night calling seek you, seek you, though I never really knew what it meant or why he wanted to do it.
As I grew up I remember my friends finding him as peculiar as the country folks did. Most of my friends thought he was some sort of mad scientist since that was during the error of sci-fi movies. We never quite understood all the radios stacked on top of one another and all the wires, towers and flashing green and red lights. Little did I know that someday I would be seeing those same peculiar traits in my own son and those qualities that would mold him into what he is today, a successful computer wiz that nobody understands.
In keeping with tradition, I now hold a general class ticket (KE4EPQ). I know I'll never understand all the bells and wistles of ham radio, but I am glad to carry on the tradition.
Janet Hughes
KE4EPQ
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