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

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

Same here, only my case is 63 years going on 64!


73 de Mac, K2GKK/5 in OKC



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

WN2AWQ back in 1961-2. Novice tests at that time were given by local
hams. You had to hook up with one and ask hm/her to get a Novice test
for you. For the General, had to go into NYC. First trip using all of my
allowance saved up, I failed the code receiving. You couldn't get past
the Grim Reaper in the exam room on Houston St unless you passed!
Repeated it a month later, much better prepared. Didn't want to waste my
allowance again. Kept the upgraded WB call since. No desire to change
it, it's like my name after 55 years.

Howie WB2AWQ


On 2/8/2017 8:45 AM, Nick England wrote:
> I was KN4NYW back in 1961. I missed the 13wpm at the FCC office in Norfolk,
> and my Novice ticket expired before I got my Technician call WA4SXT. After
> different calls from moving around and dropping out of ham radio for a bit,
> I got my general/advanced/extra as KD4CPL. In 2009 I checked and K4NYW had
> never been issued to anyone else, so it only took me 48 years to "upgrade"
> from KN4NYW to K4NYW.
> Cheers,
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com<http://www.navy-radio.com>