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galradsDublin, Ohio USA2,264 Threads 279 Polls 36,283 PostsIs anyone else here a Ham Operator? I just got my new handheld tri-band Transceiver Radio today in preparation for when all cell phone towers blow up soon because of The Virus.....
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Omg... My Dad was... And I am... I have my certificate and my indicatives, which are the "letters" that the national organism granted me, when I was 18 years old... My Dad was on the call book for years... He was the president of the club, here and they won the Honor Roll in 1996, I think... Over 300 or more countries contacted... These are sweet memories... Thank you, for this post...
P.S. You know... I have this funny memory... My dad kept insisting that me and my sister took the course to obtain the certificate and I was just 14 years old... Anyway, we passed the test with flying colors... And we had our dad buy us a Mustang for all that mess and the day before the test, we had a brand new silver Mustang... Jajajajajajajajajajajja... Damn, I miss my Dad...
P.S. You know... I have this funny memory... My dad kept insisting that me and my sister took the course to obtain the certificate and I was just 14 years old... Anyway, we passed the test with flying colors... And we had our dad buy us a Mustang for all that mess and the day before the test, we had a brand new silver Mustang... Jajajajajajajajajajajja... Damn, I miss my Dad...
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Melody1671: Omg... My Dad was... And I am... I have my certificate and my indicatives, which are the "letters" that the national organism granted me, when I was 18 years old... My Dad was on the call book for years... He was the president of the club, here and they won the Honor Roll in 1996, I think... Over 300 or more countries contacted... These are sweet memories... Thank you, for this post...
P.S. You know... I have this funny memory... My dad kept insisting that me and my sister took the course to obtain the certificate and I was just 14 years old... Anyway, we passed the test with flying colors... And we had our dad buy us a Mustang for all that mess and the day before the test, we had a brand new silver Mustang... Jajajajajajajajajajajja... Damn, I miss my Dad...
P.S. You know... I have this funny memory... My dad kept insisting that me and my sister took the course to obtain the certificate and I was just 14 years old... Anyway, we passed the test with flying colors... And we had our dad buy us a Mustang for all that mess and the day before the test, we had a brand new silver Mustang... Jajajajajajajajajajajja... Damn, I miss my Dad...
I miss my dad too 
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I'm an Amateur Extra + ARRL VE (volunteer examiner). (USA of course) I mention it all the time in here.
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...and I'm the Only kosher Ham that I know of. ;)
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Welcome tom the Forums
Welcome tom the Forums
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Years ago I had my certificate. But it was to be used in aircraft communications.
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Melody1671: Omggggggggg... That's the plaque they got for winning the ARRL Honor Roll!... Teary eyes...
I was so much younger then in 1993 
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WA2ING
I had a ticket but never got out cause I never got a transmitter. I had a wonderful National NC 173 tube receiver, the same one that was on the Kon Tiki. I used to think that the NC 173 was so heavy it's a wonder the raft didn't sink from all that weight. Before I ever got a chance to actually get on the air my POS boss Frank Chin needed some money for drugs and sold my receiver one day while it was at the shop.
I had a ticket but never got out cause I never got a transmitter. I had a wonderful National NC 173 tube receiver, the same one that was on the Kon Tiki. I used to think that the NC 173 was so heavy it's a wonder the raft didn't sink from all that weight. Before I ever got a chance to actually get on the air my POS boss Frank Chin needed some money for drugs and sold my receiver one day while it was at the shop.
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ooby_dooby: WA2ING
I had a ticket but never got out cause I never got a transmitter. I had a wonderful National NC 173 tube receiver, the same one that was on the Kon Tiki. I used to think that the NC 173 was so heavy it's a wonder the raft didn't sink from all that weight. Before I ever got a chance to actually get on the air my POS boss Frank Chin needed some money for drugs and sold my receiver one day while it was at the shop.
Isnt that a vanity call sign?I had a ticket but never got out cause I never got a transmitter. I had a wonderful National NC 173 tube receiver, the same one that was on the Kon Tiki. I used to think that the NC 173 was so heavy it's a wonder the raft didn't sink from all that weight. Before I ever got a chance to actually get on the air my POS boss Frank Chin needed some money for drugs and sold my receiver one day while it was at the shop.
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galrads: Isnt that a vanity call sign?
It's the call sign I was given by Uncle Sam I had no choice in the matter. Prior to WA2 there was W2, by now they may be at WB2 or WC2 who knows. 
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ooby_dooby: It's the call sign I was given by Uncle Sam I had no choice in the matter. Prior to WA2 there was W2, by now they may be at WB2 or WC2 who knows.
When I was about 10 YO Frank had a little TV repair shop up the street from our apt on 85th St. Our 17" B/W TV quit working one day so my mother called his shop to come & fix it. He came and took the TV back to his shop and the next day called and said it would cost about $150 to fix. Of course knowing what I know now about him, the TV probably only had a bad 5U4 tube.About 10 years later I wound up working for him as a tube Caddy. One day we went on a service call and arrived at the residence just as the owners were getting home from food shopping. Frank told them give me the key and I'll go up and get started on the TV. They did and we ran up 3 flights of stairs as fast as possible. We let ourselves in and went right to the TV, whipped off the back and Frank took the "cheater cord" and zapped the picture tube. He then sat back and lit up a cigarette waiting for the people to come up with the groceries. When they came in he told them the TV had to go back to the shop and have the picture tube replaced.
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