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Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:51:28 -0600
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There is a pattern here, folks.  Will have my license 59 years in 
July, got it when I was 16, and darned if I'm not also 39!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 02:09 PM 2/27/2016, you wrote:
>I can't figure this out.  I'm also 39 and I got my license when I was
>13.  I've had my license for 55 years now.
>
>Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>
>On 2/27/2016 12:08 PM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
> > Congratulations, Lowell! You have me beat! I got my first ticket 59 years
> > ago this March. I was 13 when I got my license. Gee, that is 
> strange because
> > we are the same age; both of us are 39! <lol>
> >
> >
> > Ron, K8HSY
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Lowell Miller
> > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 9:17 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Extra
> >
> > Speaking of getting a ticket, It was 62 years ago today that my 
> first ticket
> > was signed by the FCC.
> > Today is my ham radio birthday of 62 years with the same call.
> > Not bad for a guy who is only 39, LOL!
> > Yes, and I have enjoyed every one of these years!
> > Just thought this might be an encouragement to some discouraged ham some
> > place.
> > Best 73 to all!
> > Lowell  W8QIY
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 4:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: Extra
> >
> >
> >> Hello all, personally, I thought that the Extra exam was the easiest
> >> FCC exam of them all.  For my money, the Advance class test was the
> >> toughest, though compared to the exams at MIT, they were trivial
> >> exercises.  How I remember heading to the FCC offices in Boston,
> >> lugging my Smith Corona portable electric typewriter to take all of
> >> the tests, with the exception of my Novice test which I took at
> >> Perkins in my 7th grade year.  Boy was that a long time ago!
> >>
> >> Alan - N7MIT
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Alan R. Downing
> >> Phoenix, AZ
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: For blind ham radio operators
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> On Behalf Of John Fitzgerald
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 9:47 PM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Extra
> >>
> >> Congratulations Scott.
> >>
> >> John KB5HCT
> >> Muse, Oklahoma
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: For blind ham radio operators
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> On Behalf Of Scott Gillen
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 8:46 PM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Extra
> >>
> >> Just passed the Extra exam.
> >>
> >> Scott
> >> N0HOK / ZL1CHM
> >> Auckland New Zealand
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone

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