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Please share with your fellow hams a story of your Novice year(s). The story should mainly focus on your Novice period. A story can be a photo or a few lines of text to a full blown story of several pages.

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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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1989

(formerly KA1TZA, 1989) I was first licensed in the spring of 1989, as KA1TZA. Two long-time friends of mine got their licenses at the same VE session and they became KA1TZB and KA1TZC. My first radio was a used Kenwood TH-31BT (low power 220 MHz HT) which I carried on…
(formerly KC6DCD, 1988) My Novice days were some of the best times. Naturally I mostly worked CW. On 15 and 40 meters. SSB was available on 10 Meters at that time, but the code just appealed to me more, and I'm glad it did. My code mentor was Bill WF6W.…

We Need Your Help!

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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