‰ NOW 10 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2012 QST PAGE 38 ‰ APPLY THE TONE. ARRL MEMBER DAVID SPEARING, KB9CSW, WAS FIRST LICENSED IN 1989. HIS INTEREST IN ELECTRONICS BEGAN IN THE LATE 1950S WHILE IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE INTEREST CONTINUED LEADING HIM TO VLF RADIO AND EVENTUALLY TO HAM RADIO. HE EARNED HIS AMATEUR EXTRA CLASS LICENSE IN 2005. HE IS ACTIVE IN THE COLUMBIA COUNTY ARES/RACES GROUP, FOR WHICH HE ‰ END OF 10 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ