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  • Tony Rogozinski, W4OI
    (formerly KN5LMJ, 1957) I was first licensed in July 1957 (can't believe it's been 51 years!!!) as KN5LMJ in Carlsbad, New Mexico.  Since we were 175 miles from the nearest testing station in El Paso I was give the test by a local ham.  I remember his name but not…
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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...
    17.04.13 07:53
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Late-1970s 1978 Alice King, AI4K

Alice King, AI4K

(formerly KA4CSS, 1978)

My time as a novice was about two years.   The same month my husband and I received our novice licenses (KA4CSS  and KA4CTF), we bought a new (to us) house.   It was a good, solid house, built in the 1950's, and I am still living in it.   Therefore, the first year of our licensing was not very active.

We finally got up a 5-band folded dipole and started working on Worked All States.   The rig was a Kenwood TS 830S with a Murch tuner.   I also started my career in DXing at that time.   By the spring of  '80, we both were down to 2 states to go on WAS so we held off on upgrading until we reached that goal.   Meanwhile, we had acquired a 45' tower and tri-band beam.   My WAS NOVICE  is dated July 9, 1981.  We had upgraded to General immediately after qualifying for the WAS and became N4DDK & N4DDJ.

As a side note, those general calls are now held by my son's children (Sarah and Brian).  Feel free to edit and/or paraphrase as suits your needs.

Alice/ AI4K/ exKA4CSS/ N4DDK

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1978 Stories

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  • 1970s - especially 1974 (we have only 3 stories)
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