(formerly WN0MJW, 1974) Being a long time SWL , I figured it was time to get a license.Had a neighbor lady, a ham who admistered the test to me and Bill Wilson. Got on the air after the ticket arrived and contacted my first at high noon. He was in…

(formerly WN1TDN, 1974) Greetings from WB1GCM. After being introduced to radio through the 11 meter band at age 14, my Mother suggested I join the Glastonbury (CT) Amateur Radio Club; they were going to hold Novice classes. My Elmer who taught the class, Mac Harper, W1FYM, was a good teacher,…

(formerly WN8RKF, 1974) I first heard of amateur radio via a booklet entitled "Steps to a ham license". It came with a series of monthly kits produced by The American Basic Science Club which my parents had graciously purchased for me somewhere in the mid to late 1960s.  That was…

(formerly WN4HCJ, 1974) In the fall of 1973, I lived at home with my parents in Coats, NC.  I began college at Wake Technical Institute near Raleigh, NC.  I had enrolled in the Computer Technology which at that time involved component level repair. Courses included Advanced Algebra, Calculus, Electronics theory,…