Congrats, Ron
K8SP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ronald E. Milliman 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 12:21 PM
Subject: CQ, CQ, CQ, de K8HSY


CQ, CQ, CQ, de K8HSY

As of this morning, AC4HM is now K8HSY.  My Vanity call request was
granted.  I started out way back in March of 1957 as KN8HSY, but then, by
the end of 1957, I passed my General class exam and became K8HSY.  In those
days, I lived for ham radio, girls, wrestling, and oh, yes, of course,
school! <Smile> My very first rig was a homebrew transmitter that worked
just 80 and 40, and my receiver was a BC-455 converted military surplus
that covered 6 to 9 MHz.  The transmitter was crystal controlled, and I
only had two crystals, 7176 and 7182; obviously, I worked only 40 CW my
first several months until I earned my General and could use a V F O.  I
moved way up to a DX-40 with an outboard V F O, running 75 watts CW and 60
watts controlled carrier A M modulation, and a S-38d receiver.  The
receiver was not very good at all, and my parents gave me one of my most
memorable Christmas presents, the Christmas of 1958; it was a Hallicrafter
SX-71.  Compared to the S-38, the SX-71 was a Roles Royce! 

As you can tell, those were days full of fond memories, and while those
days are long gone forever, at least, I am able to get my original call,
K8HSY, back.  

Ron, K8HSY, formally AC4HM