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Jun 19^th, 2003 at 7:21am

chomp_rock Offline
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I was just wondering (being a HAM myself) if there were any others here.

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Reply #1 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 7:31am

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lapsed - ex-KP4EPH QRM de KP4CK (silent key) and KP4CL

Dad started as K4EPO in the early '30s, then became K4FKC<?> before PR went to KP4....

Mom was first female HAM in PR as K4EZR. Both were founding members of the PR Amateur Radio Club -and all the fun things that it entailed... You haven't live until you go to an antenna party.

As a kid, we moved to a house on top of a hill, mainly so the antennas could be a little higher... at one time they had three towers - one on the roof 50-foot, and two (100ft and 75 ft) on the sides of the house... plus assorted antennas draped from towers to available trees.

It was a great place for a 2m repeater "Frankenstein" so you can imagine it wasn't purchased at a store.

As a kid, I remember the weekend-long contests...

I stil have their QSL card collection - one of these days I might start cataloging them ... Interesting reading..

Felix/FFDS

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Reply #2 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 10:05am

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YES!!

When I started flying RC you had to have
a lience to use the radios, in 1960, the
first RC radois hit the market and I
Let my HAM radio go by the way side!!!
Still do some RC though!! Sail Boats that is Grin

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Reply #3 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 10:22am

Felix/FFDS Offline
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In the pre-Internet days of AIM, IRC, e-mail, it was a challenge to talk to some places in the world. Prized certificates were "Worked All Countries" (try and do that and include Mongolia at a time when dedicated expeditions would be the only amateur radio operators) ...

Then there's always been the disaster communications support - Mom received a certificate from the Red Cross for her comm work during the 1948 Texas City Disaster - and she never left her desk in Puerto Rico....

'73!

Felix/FFDS

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Reply #4 - Jun 19^th, 2003 at 11:22am

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HAM Radio??? I'm a vegetarian Grin

My uncle is really into that type of stuff and I've been able to talk on one of those radios once or twice, but never without a licensed operator Wink