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  • Pete Malvasi, W2PM
    (WN2BYQ, 1967) In the mid 1960's I was still in grammar school but very interested in radio.  We lived in Little Ferry, NJ a suburb of NYC about 10 miles west.  I took the CB bootlegger path at first - until one late Saturday evening around midnite when our doorbell…
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  • John Shidler, NS5Z
    John thats a great story. I didn't realize you were so much older than me LOL.. glad to call you my Ham Pal. Where have the years gone.. we are old fat and gray now, but still tearing up the airwaves.... More...
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Mid-1970s 1976 Mary Moore, WX4MM

Mary Moore, WX4MM

(Formerly WN5TEK, 1976)

I was a Novice in 1976 and my first contact was a longtime ham in Florida who did not QSL any more.  Was only a novice for about a month before upgrading so I did not stay on CW very much.  I did make 20 wpm to get my Extra Class license and can still copy about 20 wpm.  Not much of a story, but that's all there is.

Ex callsigns, WN5TEK, WB5TEK, KL7JDI, KL7P, WX4MM.

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