16 May 08 08:14, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> My junior high school friend introduced me to HAM radio when we were
 RW>> kids. We went with the CB craze from the git-go in 1959, after his
 RW>> HAM license expired. He now lives in Missouri and I encouraged him
 RW>> to get his license again about 10 years ago. AF0E or something like
 RW>> that.

 TW> I go back to the early years of CB Radio also. My Old CB Call Sign
 TW> was KNA5683.

18W4361 here, circa 1959. I renewed in 1963 or 64 with KLK1032 and then
moved to Seattle and got KPD2428 in 1966...I kept it when I moved to San
Diego until it expired and then got a 3x5 call that I never used. Don't
even remember what it was.

 TW>  The Code kept me out of Ham Radio for many years. Adn even after the
 TW> No Code Tech came out as a matter of Principle I didn't get a licence
 TW> believing that SOME day I would get CW to Click.

I got a Novice in 1970 and let it expire without upgrading. WN6ABE. Then
got another Novice ticket in 1977 when they dropped the previous rule,
WD6DOI. Upgraded to Tech and then N6AGT with my General and finally KB6PI
in late 1979. Changed it just lately under the new system to K6RXT.

 TW> Saddly that was NOT to happen so in May 2002 I became a No Code Tech
 TW> and in Mar 2007 upgraded to General.

Good for you...You must certainly have a lot of patience.

                R\%/itt



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