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  • Scott McMullen, W5ESE
    (Formerly WN5RMQ, 1976) I began in Amateur Radio by participating in a Novice license class that was held in the Houston area by the Twin Counties Amateur Radio Society, during the fall of 1975. The club met on Houston's northwest side, initially in the meeting room of a Bonanza steakhouse…
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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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1984

Paul Conant, WQ5X

(formerly N5ICK; KA5UHC, 1984) I worked for Otis Engineering, an oil field supply company, in Carrollton, Texas during the early 1980s.  I used to go the library or to a park to read and take a little nap during my lunch hour.  One day, while browsing at the Farmer's Brand…
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1984 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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