Hi Phil,

That reminds me that tomorrow, December 26, was the date of issue on 
my novice ticket back in 1956.  Tomorrow I will have been licensed 
for 53 years.  Of course, I bootlegged a couple of months before my 
ticket arrived.  We were in Alaska at the time and it took the FCC 
six months to get my ticket to me.  I was just 16 years old and 
couldn't wait any longer.  I bootlegged a friend's call who was off 
on a weather flight and wouldn't you know it, a friend of his gave me 
a call.  The next radio club meeting he mentioned to my friend that 
he had enjoyed their QSO, whereupon my friend mentioned he was off on 
a flight.  They turned and looked at me.  I was pretty embarrassed 
and was ham celebate for the next couple of months till my ticket arrived.

73 de W7OQ, Dave


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>There is never a Christmas that goes by that I don't recall working country
>number 100 on 15 CW.  It was probably the Christmas of 1967 so I would have
>been about 15 years of age.  That Christmas morning, I got up, fired up my
>Drake TR4 and snagged a YO on CW and just then, my mom yelled downstairs to
>come up and open presence.  That country number 100 felt pretty good as it's
>own Christmas gift.
>
>Phil.
>K0NX
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