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Dick Clark, K6GLB
(formerly KN6GLB, 1954) I was sixteen when I was granted KN6GLB in 1954. By then, the novice license had been available for three years and commercial interests were starting to capitalize on this new market. Faust Gonset, in particular, brought the perfect match, the Gonset Communicator for 2 meters. At…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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Late-1970s 
1978
1978
1978
(formerly KA3ALC, 1978) I suppose my interest in radio really began when I was about 7 years old, and my older brother Dennis went to Southeast Asia as a guest of Uncle Sam. He left behind an old shortwave receiver which he set up in my bedroom. I was fascinated…
(formerly KA6DHH, 1978; N6CAV) Message: I first heard of Ham radio from my father, back in 1975. He was not a ham, but having served as a radioman in the Navy during WWII, had an interest in shortwave radio. We had an old Zenith Trans Oceanic in the downstairs rec…
(formerly KA5CXZ, 1978) I got interested in Ham Radio at an early age, probably about 9 or 10, we had moved to the farm so it was about 1958 or so. My mother had this big (at least big to me at that time) RCA victor radio with four or…
(formerly KA4CSS, 1978) My time as a novice was about two years. The same month my husband and I received our novice licenses (KA4CSS and KA4CTF), we bought a new (to us) house. It was a good, solid house, built in the 1950's, and I am still living in it. …
(formerly KA2DOH, 1978) I was bitten by the Amateur Radio bug in High School. Mr. Benson, the electronics teacher ran the high school Amateur Radio club. I wanted so badly to get my license; but at the time, Morse Code was an obstacle for me. I just couldn't learn it;…
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