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  • Don Stanford, KV4DN
    (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…

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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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1973

Greg Harris, WB9MII

(Formerly WN9MII, 1973) I became fascinated by radio in 1970 by SWL'ing on a G.E. portable AM/FM/SW portable my folks had.  I SWL'd Ham's in 2 way contact on 40 meter AM (I remember W8RKW, W8HP and many others).  As a birthday present I was given a receiver that had…
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1973 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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