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  • Paul Goslin, KC9UIY
    (formerly WN9BFH, 1968) Got my novice when I was 12 as my dad got interested in radio, but he could never grasp the code.... I was a musician at the time, so the code came fairly easy to me. He bought us a Heathkit transmitter, which we assembled together, and…

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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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Early-1950s 1953 Kenny Cassidy, WN2WNC

Kenny Cassidy, WN2WNC

(1953)

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING IN 1953 AS A NOVICE AT 18 YEARS OLD.

I HAD A JOHNSON ADVENTURER AND A ARC 5 RECEIVER AND A LONG WIRE ANTENNA, NOT KNOWING THE RESONANCE OF THE THING. I USED A DOUBLE POLE DOUBLE THROW SWITCH TO GO FROM TO XMIT/REC.

WE LIVED IN BROOKLYN NY AND ONE DAY GETTING HOME FROM SCHOOL, MOM SAID '' WHAT DID YOU DO NOW'' I RECEIVED A OO REPORT FROM ALBANY NY (my best dx)

I LOOKED AT THE XMIT AND HAVING A 3709 KC XTAL IN THE XTAL SOCKET AND THE BANDSWITCH ON 40M XMIT ON 7418 KC I WAS HEARD 599 + ... I WAS HAPPY TO MAKE THE DISTANCE.

I MANAGED TO KEEP WN2WNC AS MY CALL.

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