08-07-16 00:30 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: XRF PROBLEMS
Howdy! Tom,

 TW> @MSGID: 
 > I was 16 in June 1958 when I got my Novice License in the mail.
 > IIRC, the Citizens Band Radio Service began in September 1958.
 >
 > If I had wanted to be a CB'er, I would had had to wait two years to apply
 > for a CB License since I wasn't 18 years old.
 >
 > I never submitted a form to the F.C.C. to operate a CB set, because I
 > have continued taking Tests to upgrade to a higher Amateur Radio Class,
 > and have keep remembering to Renew my License on time.

 TW> Because my brain could not comprehend CW I pplies for a CB licence.
 TW> My CB cal sign was KNA 5683

I began to try to learn CW when two guys I was walking with started
whistling to each other in CW and I thought they were talking about ME.

 > I'll have to renew again in October 2017.

 TW> My General License expires in May of 2022
 TW> I had intended to go for the Extra License but the rapid decline of the
 TW> old Brain Power stopped me from doing so.

I tried for Amateur Extra once Failed the Written part but Passed the CW
part and walked out with a Advanced Class license.

No plans to take the test again, I like being a Do Do with a license class
that isn't offered any more.

73 de Ed W9ODR



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