congratulations.

So...are you going to re-create your old station or stations?

Ron Miller


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From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Ronald E. Milliman
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 12:21 PM
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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

   


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