(formerly WN5KZA, 1965) I do not have a copy of my novice license but I do have a copy of the Section Award for the Novice Roundup in Oklahoma for February 1965.

(formerly WN2UIJ, 1965) N4TL’s 1965 Novice radio historyWritten December 1, 2010 It seems like I always have been interested in radios. When I was a young boy I would watch my dad would fix them. My dad had taken a mail order radio course after WWII. I read through all…

(formerly WN3EOP, 1965) My name is Page and I'm the current WA3EOP.  I don't know if my story is especially interesting but here is how I remember it.  I found out about Ham Radio initially from an issue of Popular Electronics in the very early 60's, got my copy at…

(formerly WN0NDN, 1965) At age 12 having earned enough money from my paper route, I purchased a Heathkit GR-91 general coverage receiver.  My dad taught me how to solder with that kit.  It was frustrating trying to learn the Morse code on that rig, it just wasn't sufficiently selective, even…

(formerly WV4EP, 1965) My amateur radio story begins in the late 1950's early 1960's in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands where I grew up.  On the side of the hill above the town, Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas, there was a tower with a large and strange looking antenna that I…

(formerly WN6PNB, 1965) In my own case the novice exam was administered at Scott Radio Supply in Long Beach.  A few weeks later, in May, 1965, WN6PNB arrived.  My electronics instructor in High School, Mr. McClenathan, gave me a Hammarlund SuperPro receiver (war surplus).  I found a schematic of it…

(formerly WN2SDI, 1965) A little after 5 AM on a bitterly cold Sunday in February, Rondo, our family dog, decided he needed to go out. I did my best to ignore him, but he persisted and I finally gave in. Unwillingly, I rose from my warm bed and let him…

(formerly WN2SOQ, 1965; WB4DRF, KG4AL, W2IL) I was initially licensed as WN2SOQ in 1965.  It was good for only 1 year and near the end I applied for the general class license but failed the 13 wpm code and was not permitted to take the theory portion; my license expired…

(formerly WN7CVW, 1965) I worked & worked & worked and thanks to the patience of my Elmer, the late Lew Hanson, WA7AGB, I finally sat for The Test, and in June of '64 or '65 became WN7CVW. Now to work DX! For the first month or so I couldn't reach…

(formerly WN9NSO, 1965; WA9NSO; KD9JH) My interest in radio sparked when I was about 12 years old.  My brother, Andy, and I saw some Knight Kit C-100 CB walkie talkies in a Radio Shack catalog, and our dad got them for us for Christmas.  The idea, then just a dream,…