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  • Mike Gruszka, N2NW
    (formerly WN2BAO, 1967) While still in elementary school, my aunt bought me a crystal set for my birthday. It was very simple and picked up only the strongest local AM stations in Buffalo, NY, but it introduced me to building radios, antennas, water pipe grounds, and best of all, a…
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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-1950s 1958 George Ison, K4ZMI

George Ison, K4ZMI

(formerly KN4ZMI, 1958)

I started out with dipoles fed with 300 ohm tv twinlead, a Hallicrafters S38E receiver, and a Globe Chief 90A transmitter. I would later build a screen modulator, pending becoming a General class.

One of my novice contacts was with a Mr. Nichols in Nicholsville, VA. On the day my General ticket arrived, I had no microphone so I used one side of a metal diaphragm headphone set. The first phone contact was with Carol Nichols in Nicholsville, Va, the daughter of Mr. Nichols. Carol commented that my audio sounded very weird.

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1958 Stories

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We are in special need of Novice stories from:

  • 1970s - especially 1974 (we have only 3 stories)
  • 1980s - we have only 14 (none from 1980, 1985-86) 
  • 1990s - we have only 2 stories
  • 2000 - we have none

 

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