Gee, you people were lucky to have all that modern gear. I started with a
Heath A T 1. An S X 99 and a tuner in a wooden box someone gave me which I
did not know how to use without any meters which I couldn't read anyway.
That was in 59 which I was KN7JVF and my first QSL card was from the F C C
colored pink. Scared the s--t out of me. Then I got my extra in about 62 or
so. 73
Ed K7UC