Warren
Rothberg's Family
(and Amateur Radio) Web Site
Updated
Here we go again. How many times have I
started and stopped this effort. Well, I know why I stopped – it’s too much
work!! What troubles me is that I don’t know why I begin again. Can I be that
bored? Well, it’s possible. Different format – not too many menus, but enough
links to keep you busy for a while. So with that being said, let’s delve into
the mundane. I’ll start with some paragraphs about some things and those
paragraphs will have underlined words, called “links”, which, when you click on
them, will open up a whole new world of more boring stuff. Oh! Occasionally, I
will write some “other” stuff on different things – some I wonder about and
some I don’t. But I’m thinking about them. Click here for
the other stuff. And oh, if you are interested in the weather in
Lets start with
My Family
(Just the introduction, really. You have to click on the links below to
really see my family. After all, both my sons are married. One has children.
And then, of course, there’s my brother and his wife and children. By the way,
I dedicate this portion of my website to my brother, Sheldon. Throughout my
life, he has been my idol, my mentor, my advisor, and has stuck with me through
good and bad.)
The older I get, the more
I realize that my family is the center of my world. Amateur Radio comes in a
close second. And that’s what this site is largely about.
I have always been a New Englander, born
in
I was married on January 26, 1967 to Donna Turgeon
and, 42 years later, we have two wonderful children, ages 37 and 40. . . both boys, Aaron and Rob,
and two terrific grandchildren, Ryan and Amber. (You can see more of them by
clicking on the above underlined “links”.) If you really have to see what I look like, click here,
but be careful. You may be looking for just a picture. You may find more
(boring stuff) than you bargained for.
We live in Delray
Beach on the east coast of
Interesting thing about the age 55+ community. When we first moved here 12 years ago, the average age here was in the 70’s. We’ve noticed over the past several years that those folks are now “transitioning out” and being replaced by people who are 55 – 60 years. There is starting to be a whole “new” community now. New in the way the “newbies” or “former snowbirds” think, act, and their attitudes towards life and people.
Maybe I’ll
write more “stuff” about that later, but it’s just a thought.
Anyway, if you’d
like to know more (and I know you do) about our family, click here.
During the
'70's, I (like many others) became fascinated with the CB craze. At the time, I
was an Account Executive (read salesman) for an air freight company. My
territory took me all over
His recently
deceased father was an Amateur Radio Operator (Ham) and he decided to give it a
try as well. He succeeded and finally after kicking and dragging got me
involved as well. You have to be licensed by the FCC in order to be a Ham. I
studied the study guides, he taught me how to build simple electronic circuits,
I practiced Morse Code (in those days, the FCC required a knowledge of Morse
because of its reliability in disaster situations – they no longer do) and
pulled out what little hair I had thinking I would never get it right. In those
days, 1977 to more precise, the FCC allowed the entry level license test,
called a Novice license, to be administered by another Amateur of a higher
license class.
Soon I had
passed a twenty question written exam, one half of the license requirement. Now
I needed to get my Morse Code (which I hated, by the way) done. It was
frustrating. I failed attempt after attempt. One night we were sitting at his
dining room table and I was falling asleep and he said, “Let’s do one more
Morse Code practice.” We did. And when we finished, he said, “Congratulations,
you are now a Novice Amateur Radio Operator”. I was ecstatic! And thus, begins
a life long love with the magic of Amateur
Radio.