Congratulations on getting your old call back. That's kind of why I didn't change to a CAT suffix.
Colleen Roth, N8TNV;



----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald E. Milliman <[log in to unmask]>
To:  [log in to unmask]
Date: Friday, Aug 31, 2012 12:21:47 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
> 
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