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Tom Carter, KC2GEP
(formerly WV2GPZ, 1959) My ham career began in 1959 as a sophomore in high school in Cortland, NY. I took my novice test at the local ham radio store, Winchell's, from noted SSB innovator, Bill Russ. (It was rumored that he was frequently on the phone with military electronics experts…Read more...
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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...
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(formerly WN1IGG, 1967) I went to Hebron Academy in Hebron, Maine where we had a radio club run by two upperclassmen, Dennis Fink WA1GPW and Richard Ossoff, K1WHM. Our faculty advisor was Mr. Twitchell, the Physic teacher. Our meetings were every Saturday morning and I was quickly bitten by the…
(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…
(Formerly WN8WQC, 1967) Spring of 1967 was a fun time. I was a Sophomore in High School, and my Father and I were having a good time on CB. Meeting new people, and having fun with friends. But we both knew something was missing. Dad was an Engineer on the…
(Formerly WN6YRV, 1967; WB6YRV; AB5FSP) My days as a Novice class ham started almost 40 years ago. Those days were probably not much different than the days experienced by thousands of other Novices and ex-Novices. I'm sure I didn't set any records that will be recorded in Novice Amateur Radio…
(Formerly WN2ARA, 1967, WB2ARA) I received my novice call WN2ARA license in the mail on 5/1/1967. The timing wasn't the greatest because it was my first day back to school after convalescing at home for the entire month of April from leg surgery. I would have loved to be on…
(WN2BYQ, 1967) In the mid 1960's I was still in grammar school but very interested in radio. We lived in Little Ferry, NJ a suburb of NYC about 10 miles west. I took the CB bootlegger path at first - until one late Saturday evening around midnite when our doorbell…
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