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Dolph Holmes WA2NTW
(formerly WN2NTW, 1972) Message: After a few years of being a non-licensed member of two radio clubs I studied and took my test to get my novice. Part of the motivation was I had received my Third Class Radiotelephone so I figured if I could just get the code it…
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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
Jack Burks, K4CNW
(formerly KN4CNW, 1955)
My novice ticket arrived in the mail on Saturday April 16, 1955 around 1:00 PM. After screwing up my courage, I called CQ on 40 meters and was answered by W4PKD. I was so nervous that I didn't copy hardly anything that the guy on the other end sent but I told him that he was my first QSO, asked him to please QSL, gave him my complete address, and then signed off. About 5 minutes later the phone rang and a voice said "may I speak to Jack, KN4CNW"! The caller was Milt Farve who was the operator at W4PKD which was the club station of the Columbia Bible College. Milt welcomed me to ham radio and invited me to visit the club station at the college. My first QSO had spanned a distance of about 4 miles! I had a lot of fun on the novice bands and 9 months later I upgraded to a Conditional Class license. After the introduction of incentive licensing I upgraded to Extra Class.