[ADXA] Celebrating myself - 60 years!

[Lanny Aldrich]

I don’t want to steal any of Nick’s thunder, but I got my Novice in June 1959 and General a year later.  I retired to Searcy almost three years and we still have Mayflower cartons that haven’t been unpacked including certificates, that license framed, logs before 1992, etc.  My DXCC QSL album with 313 countries in it and the S-40B travelled in the car with me.  The KN1LEC ticket arrived just before two weeks of CAP encampment at Grenier Field, now Manchester (NH) Airport where I celebrated my 15th birthday, so my two ARC-5’s had to wait for key down!  Coincidentally, I celebrated my 22nd birthday seven years later doing KP at Amarillo AFB: a month after college (UVM) graduation.
73, Lanny  K1LEC

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Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 1:16 PM
To: 'Nick Kennedy'<mailto:kennnick at gmail.com>; 'ADXA'<mailto:adxa at mailman.qth.net>
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Subject: Re: [ADXA] Celebrating myself - 60 years!

Congratulations on 60+ years Nick. You really are an OT! Anyone in ADXA licensed longer than Nick?

I got my Novice in May, 1964.  I recall you telling me once that you found me in one of your early paper logs…WN5KAK/WA5KAK?  Like Steve, W5KI, I lost my original Novice and General license.  My “shack” was in a rental house my Mom and Dad owned and they sold it while I was in the Navy.  My dad (WN5TXC-SK)  retrieved my radio gear and took down all the wire antennas but by the time he thought of my logs, QSL’s etc, they were mostly gone  (not to mention my stash of Playboy mags!). My earliest log is a WA5KAK log that starts in Aug, ’66.  Also lost my original 1st Phone license from ’72.

Enjoy your day Nick!

73,
Pat, W5VY

From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Nick Kennedy
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 8:05 AM
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Cc: genebartsc at aol.com
Subject: [ADXA] Celebrating myself - 60 years!

Hey, I just realized over breakfast that this is an important date. I became a ham 60 years ago.  If you don't believe me, ask C.B. Plummer or Ben F. Waple.

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So, maybe time for a brief QSO in between naps.

Give me a call on:

3548 kHz    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM or 1400 - 1500Z
7027 kHz    9:30 AM - 10:30 AM or 1530 to 1630Z
14035 kHz  11:00 AM - 12:00 AM or 1700 - 1800Z
7027 KC      7:00 PM - 7:30 PM or 0100 - 0130 GMT
3548 KC     7:30 PM - 8:00 PM or 0130 - 0200 GMT

You may receive a crypto-NFT.  But probably not.

73

Nick, WA5BDU

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