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Ray Tougas, W7ASA
(1972) I was a rabid SWL as soon as I could reach the dial of my friend Mark R's, father's Zenith Transoceanic. Mark was the brains of the outfit. My forte was endurance, I'd listen until his father would tell us that it was time to turn it OFF. Then…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 KA8FFL, 1979) I remember exactly when I first discovered ham radio. I was looking around our basement and found a 1960 Radio Amateurs Handbook. My dad wasn’t a ham. He used the handbook for reference. He was of the old school, depression era and when something broke, he fixed it.…
(formerly KA9ENR, 1979) It was 1961, and I was eleven years old, and my dad and I built a small Knight Kit receiver. I was hooked on radio, for a number of years I was and active SWL, and really enjoyed the amateur bands. I wanted to get my license,…
(formerly KA6KBC, 1980) I started building radios with my dad (WB6CGN SK), when I was in 5th Grade. I was interested in Ham Radio even before that. I must have been in 2nd grade and I wanted a Ham Radio for Christmas I ended up getting a windup Radio instead …
(formerly KA1DNB, 1979) I was only licensed as a Novice for 9 months but it was Amateur Radio that led to my career in Electronics. It was in my Senior year of high school (living in Rhode Island) and I still was undecided on what I wanted to do as…
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