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Posted: 8/14/2001 1:45:19 PM EDT
Got mine in 1953 - Seattle, Washington. W7UZH.
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 1:51:35 PM EDT
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That reminds me, mine expires in 3 years.  I need to send them a change of address eventually. [:)]
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 2:00:32 PM EDT
[#2]
No i don't, but i use to shoot alot of skip on  11 meters...CQ DX  CQ DX
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 2:07:21 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/14/2001 2:20:31 PM EDT
[#4]
I've been a ham since age 12 in 1961.  I've been an Extra Class for about three decades.
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 2:24:28 PM EDT
[#5]
N8ILG

Since '86.
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 2:31:15 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/14/2001 2:52:44 PM EDT
[#7]
I'm N6AOT. 1st licensed in 1977.

Damn, in just a year from now I'll be able to join QCWA (Quarter Century Wireless Ass'n).  Time flies.  [When I was a kid the QCWA guys were all the old geezers that really knew their stuff...]

73 Bill
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 4:46:39 PM EDT
[#8]
I've had a General Class ticket in "3 land" since 1985. I used to be kinda gung ho about it, but lost interest and sold all my HF gear in the early `90's. Now all I have is an old 2M HT and my Kenwood R2000.
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 5:52:33 PM EDT
[#9]
VE4GUN
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 6:09:58 PM EDT
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I have seen some export radios for sale, is it true that you can also pick up CB stations as well? if so I might want to buy a radio. I like CB and amateur is getting to be more and more interesting the more I hear about it. Anyone know a place were I can get some good general information for someone who has no idea about amateur radio? here is a link to the page I have been looking at, is it legal to have one of these in the US? Do you think the FCC really wastes any time enforcing license and radio laws anymore? looks like a fun way to talk with friends, but not worth it if its a hassle to get the license.

[url]http://www.exportradios.com/[/url]
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 6:22:47 PM EDT
[#11]
KE4NTY Technician Class since 1994
Link Posted: 8/14/2001 6:30:30 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/14/2001 6:30:37 PM EDT
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Say, how hard is it to get a license?  Do you need any type of special training?

Thanks,

Mike

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Link Posted: 8/14/2001 7:25:29 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/14/2001 7:40:19 PM EDT
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Yep, for about five years now.  Went to a commo seminar sponsored by the Kern Kounty Korps (attended by such notables as Mark from Michigan).  Dude suggested everyone get GMRS radios, but I did one better.  Read over a study guide once, and then went a couple days later to a Volunteer Examiner.  Had the license in the mail in seven days.  Spent beaucoup bucks on radios for all my vehicles, and for a handheld.  Discovered that I have no interest whatsoever talking on the radio.  I still keep them hooked up and functional, for emergency purposes.  Come to think of it, that's pretty much why I got the licence in the first place.  
Link Posted: 8/15/2001 11:08:56 AM EDT
[#16]
Yep...

A*4QH...Extra Class, and I was one of the fortunate ones that had to pass all of the Code Tests...Then, I tossed my Iambic Keyer into the nearest field.

CW = "Continuous Wave" Transmission

Now, CW = "Computer Work"...I use a Terminal Node Controller to send and receive Morse Code on HF. [:D]

Great Hobby!

Link Posted: 8/15/2001 4:15:37 PM EDT
[#17]
1968...WN8DSZ
1981...N4FDX
1993...WE3O
1996...W8MSD
Been an amateur for a long time, kind of lost interest after I sold all of the Collins gear.
Very little FCC enforcement action..
Link Posted: 8/15/2001 4:21:15 PM EDT
[#18]
Tech+ N2VAY. Gonna get a new rig for my car.
BrenLover
Link Posted: 8/15/2001 5:25:10 PM EDT
[#19]
Quoted:
1968...WN8DSZ
1981...N4FDX
1993...WE3O
1996...W8MSD
Been an amateur for a long time, kind of lost interest after I sold all of the Collins gear.
Very little FCC enforcement action..
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Had dual licenses at one time. KC6CU when I was stationed on Guam. Operated the KG6AKR station on Guam also. Supprised to see so many of you with "Ham" licenses. It sure has changed. I still like to operate in Morse Code.
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