[Boatanchors] [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP

Bob Groh bob.groh at gmail.com
Wed Feb 8 00:13:31 EST 2017


Back in 1957 when I got my Novice license in '2' land (New York State), the
WN2s and KN2s were already gone and they had moved on to WV2s (my call was
WV2CKY). Then when I made the jump to Technician and then General that was
converted to WA2CKY.  And that is the call I still have today. (although I
moved on to an Extra class back in the early 1990s).  When I got my Novice,
you HAD to upgrade within a year or you lost your license. As my year was
running out, I was able to find a ham to give me the test for Technician so
I could keep my call! Back in those days, you had to go to the FCC
Examiner's office to take the code test and, since I was in high school at
the time and 100 miles from the nearest FCC office (Buffalo, NY) - getting
there was a no-go.  But they did have a provision that you could take the
Technician license with a local ham (if he held a General license) - and I
took advantage of that so I could keep my call.  The next year I was living
in Rochester, NY and the FCC folks came into town and once or twice a year
and gave license tests (code and theory both) so I practiced my code,
signed up and with 50 or so other very nervous folks took my General test.
Made my 13 wpm right on the bloody edge of failing!!!  But I passed!!

Ah, yes, the good old days.

73
Bob Groh, WA2CKY

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Bry Carling <AF4K at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Well fellas - this year we are honoring the original KN and WN "novice"
> call signs of the  1950s.
>
>
> Next year I expect it will be something else. Perhaps we should honor
> anyone who still has their Novice LICENSE in effect.
>
> Glen Zook tells me that there are 9844 of these guys
>
> holding a CURRENT Novice License but I have yet to talk with one of them!
> That was certainly news to me!
>
>
> Does ANYBODY know someone with a CURRENT Novice Class License in effect??
>
>
> I thought that they had all been grand-fathered into Technician Class
> licenses at some point a few years ago. Am I mistaken?
>
>
> Speak up REAL NOVICES!
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com <novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com>
> on behalf of Bob Macklin macklinbob at hotmail.com [novicerigroundup] <
> novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 7:30 PM
> To: novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP
>
>
>
> The original Novice calls started with "WN" or "KN".
>
> Mine was "KN5MYJ" in 1957. "K5MYJ" was my Tech call for the same time
> period.
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dwayne masterdr at yahoo.com [novicerigroundup]<mailto:mast
> erdr at yahoo.com%20[novicerigroundup]>
> To: novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com<mailto:novicerigroundup@
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP
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>
>
> I don't think there is such a thing as a novice call.
>
> There may be a novice operator with his original call, but not a novice
> call.
> 2x3, 1x3, 2x2, 1x2 calls are all just calls.
>
> I think anyone can petition for any available call out there, as long as
> it is not
> being used.  This may even apply to the 1x2 and 2x1 calls.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Gary Johanson wd4nka at aim.com<mailto:wd4nka at aim.com>
> [novicerigroundup]" <novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com>
> To: novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP
>
>
> My call is my Novice call, does that count? 🙂 When I upgraded to General,
> I kept my Novice call, wd4nka.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 7, 2017, at 5:15 PM, Paul Cavnar hambone44 at att.net<mailto:hambo
> ne44 at att.net> [novicerigroundup] <novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com<mailto:
> novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
>
>
> How many of them are even active today?
> Paul - K7IN
>
> On 2/7/2017 12:59 PM, Bry Carling af4k at hotmail.com<mailto:af4k at hotmail.com>
> [novicerigroundup] wrote:
>
> They NOW? Glen how many Novice licensees are there in existence today
> please?  I hadn't thought about that, but I suppose  there might be some.
>
> Thanks for the info - Bry AF4K
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: 'Glen Zook' via Glowbugs <tetrode at googlegroups.com><mailto:
> tetrode at googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 12:49 PM
> To: Jim Falls; Glowbugs
> Cc: FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com<mailto:FLBoatanchors at yahoogroups.com>;
> dcboatanchors at qth.net<mailto:dcboatanchors at qth.net>;
> novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com<mailto:novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP
>
> No!  Novice Class operators never had any 6-meter privileges.  They now
> have privileges on 222 MHz with 25 watts maximum output and from 1270 MHz
> to 1295 MHz with 5-watts output as well as their HF privileges.
>
>
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website: http://k9sth.net<http://k9sth.net/>
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> dcboatanchors at qth.net<mailto:dcboatanchors at qth.net>;
> novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com<mailto:novicerigroundup at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:40 AM
> Subject: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP
>
> So it looks like 6M is out if I want to stay 50's-60's mode.
> Did Novices ever have 6M phone privileges?
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