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David Quagiana, K2MTW
(formerly KN2MTW, 1955) This is how my FCC Novice license leads to my teaching certificate As a youngster in the late 1940's I was intrigued with my father's radio repair shop situated in what once was our coal bin - in the cellar on Westminster Street in the Kensington section…Read more...
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- Charles Sig Signer, NV7E
Sig, got my novice in 1955. your early experiencs also mirror mine. i built my 1st xtal set from scratch then went on to AM SWL late at night picking up stations across USA. those were the days! Held ... More...
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Late-1970s 
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1977
(Formerly WD5CCV, 1977) While, I was first licensed in 1977 at the age of 14, my interest in radio goes back much further. My earliest curiosity was generated by the ever so strange 'Donald Duck' and 'Charlie Brown's teacher' sounds emanating from my brother's room. My brother had built his…
(formerly WD9BUL, 1977) My name Is TOM. My QTH is Beloit, WI. U R 599 Tnx de WD9BCL Hello, My name is Tom. This is what I wrote down on a piece of paper the get me started. I was granted my NEW Novice License on 2/11/1977.. WD9BCL. WOW !!!…
After finding a Hallicrafters S38A on a junk shelf in Radio Shack in Concord NH i started listening to the Short Wave stations and eventually heard some people just talking to each other. This was a group of new england 80 meter AM ops. That got me interested. i ended…
I was first licensed in 1977 as KH6JRM--a call I still retain. Don Nakano was my elmer (I've forgotten his call). I became a novice after years of broadcasting and military communications work. I procrastinaged many years before making the leap into the "ether" I went through all the license…
(Formerly WD8DEE, 1977 ; KB6DDH, 1983) Well, my memories of my novice years are a bit foggy. I have nothing left except two old books. One is a log of QSOs (which doesn't have the year logged!) and the other is my purchase log where I wrote down items I…
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