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  • Joe Trombino, W2KJ
    (formerly WV2ZDF, 1962) Got my Novice ticket in 1962 while in High School.  Took the test in that crummy old building in NYC....I have a picture of the old fellow with the very stern face who gave me my code test....I copied the photo out of an old Ham publication.…
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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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1982

Christopher Horne, W4CKH

(formerly KA4ZLD) W4CKH was first licensed in 1982 as a Novice operator with callsign KA4ZLD in High Point, N.C. I could not afford any HF equipment at the time being a freshman in high school, I had saved up only $75. Prior to this time, I had constructed wire dipoles…
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1982 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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