wow, hey that is so fun, and I am truly feeling it all over again, 
but for you, it has to be like old home week!  maybe some day I'll 
feel the same about W B 6 H E F, but right now this call is too new 
and inviting to see what DX is like, and so far, it is nice though 
was called U F O, once already. :)
congratulations, and I, truly, am enjoying your happiness!

K 6 V F O

FESSENDEN, NORTH DAKOTA; 58438-7300

At 11:21 AM 08/31/12, you wrote:
>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
>
>