[TVARC] new call sign W1IPN

[John Ellis]

very good Earle,
I like it - it has "class!"

73,
J



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On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 2:48 PM, mike regan via TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net
> wrote:

> Congratulations Earle W1IPN !
> That's a great call sign, and I great connection to your past.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Mike
> KM4ZTE
> On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 10:40:19 AM EDT, Earle D Hancock <
> earleiphone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> While walking down my High School corridor in 1956, I heard sounds coming
> from a small darkened room; "CQ, CQ, CQ; CQ DX". I peeked in and saw 2 kids
> working a massive, to me, electronic device. It whistled and crackled and a
> voice from it gave some strange letters and numbers.  One of the 2 boys
> answered, "this is W1IPN at Mount Hermon School". The memory of that
> experience stayed with me, as did the memory of the call.
> Some 60 years later another chance meeting at The Villages Amateur Radio
> Club demonstration set me, with the help of Joe AB3CR, on a path to get my
> HAM license which in March 2015 I did and in Feb 2016 upgraded to General.
> Things do seem to happen in, “3’s”, so it should not surprise me, or you
> dear reader, that during a QSO in June 2018 with Mario K2GZW and Roger
> W4RFT, Roger commented that Mario’s call once belonged to him many years
> ago. A lively conversation evolved around the subject of calls and I
> mentioned my fascination with the club call from Mt. Hermon and how I would
> love to have it be my call. Right then and there Mario looked it up and
> found it was available. With some gentle persuasion he convinced me to
> apply for it and today the FCC notified me that I am now W1IPN. Thank you
> Mario!
>
>
> Earle W1IPN
> earleiphone at gmail.com
>
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John Ellis         (NP2B)
1149 Mockingbird Lane
The Villages, FL 32163

telephone 352 633-2910
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