Congradulatings to you Phil.  You got your ticket about five days after mine came, W N 9 R Y F.  I was considerably older, however, and considerably dumber.  Toward the end of the nineties, I had it worked up to Advanced Class then left it lapse.  Seven or eight years later, I had to learn it all over again.  Got to be Tech Class and then General; then had to buy back my old callsign, W A 9 R Y F.
73.
The Other Howard, WA9RYF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 3:41 PM
Subject: 47 years as a ham


> Today it has been 47 years since I got my novice at age 14.  I was at =
> the Nebraska school for the blind on a Monday when I got a call from my =
> mom.  My license had come and I was now WN0ORO.  I hung up and ran for =
> the ham shack and worked 80 meters; working a guy about 200 miles away.  =
> My 6 months as a novice has been the highlight days of my years as a =
> ham.
> 
> Phil.
> K0NX