When Were You First Licensed? in Ham Radio http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20137271 en Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:56:23 EDT Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:56:23 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20321988 accounting : If memory serves, I got my Novice license in 1975 and then upgraded to General Class in 1977. Started out operating mostly HF. Now mostly 2 meters. I'll probably also get back into HF again as money permits. I'm thinking about starting to study for the Extra Class license now. We'll see.

Gary, KA8EMJ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20321988 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:03:58 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20321915 KD8IIB : Originally got novice back in mid 70's.
Due to circumstances listed in previous post let it expire. (Girls, marriage, cars, etc...lol)
Recently got the bug again, took test on April 5, listed in database on April 10.

Kevin
KD8IIB]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20321915 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:31:30 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20320430 w4jle : May 1956 Got My general W4JLE, later W4JLE/PJ, V3CB,V31GR then KB4NGB, KJ4JE and back to W4JLE.

First Rig HQ-129X and Globe Scout 6-80 Hornet tribander beam.

First Moble rig homebrew 2E26 modulated by a pair of 6AQ5's with a Webster bandspanner antenna. Crystal controlled converter feeding the AM radio for receive.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20320430 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:03:58 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20207333 lenrev : September 1966 as WN4DWN, a one-year Novice.
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lenrev@comcast.net]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20207333 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:44:43 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20203086 Ender3rd : Today while cleaning up my basement station I came across my original logbook with my first license taped inside the cover. I have been wondering where that went! The effective date on the ticket was 10/26/76 as a little Johnny Novice. According to my log, it looks like my first phone contact as a general was with K4AF (the Pentagon station) on April 20th 1977.

Rob, W1AEX
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73 Dave]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20172508 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:51:11 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20172442 Catman : August 4th 2004, tech licence. I took the written for General a month later and passed it. However, I wasnt ready for the code. I never took the code test and my passed exam expired. I need to go back and get my other licences I suppose.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20172442 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:23:54 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20170855 wenter99 : Got my Novice in 1965 when I was 15 years old. Lost interest and let it expire.

Got interested again in 2004 and passed my Tech exam in October that year. I don't seem to be too much motivated to upgrade to General or Extra at the present time as I only like to play around on 2 meters and once in a while 70 cm. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20170855 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:46:36 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20163531 n1zuk : I also was first licenced in 1997. Got my Technician call of N1ZUK as call area 1 was just about out of N1 call signs.

Passed my General element in 2000, then my 5 WPM and Extra element in 2001, going from Technician to Extra in one jump. I decided to keep my original call sign, as there weren't any interesting 1x2 W1 calls available at the time.

Right now, it looks as I may be relocating to call area 4 in the next year, so I'll probably start mining the vanity call sign list after the move.
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VE6SZS]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20162471 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:24:31 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20157199 CyberRage : 1974

Either March or May, I remember the month began with an M. Probably I took the test in March and the paper arrived in the mailbox in May. HI HI
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April 1999 got my Basic and callsign VA3WXM. I was the last to take the test from a radio inspector at the local Industry Canada field office; it closed shortly thereafter. Now all exams are done by volunteer examiners.

May 2002 got my 5 wpm which gave me full HF privileges.

March 2004 got my Advanced which allows me to run a bit of power and a repeater.

And that's all the classes we have in Canada.
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Tom-KB2SMS]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20147503 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:14:57 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20146815 W7PSK : Novice in April 1977 while stationed at Moffett in California as WD6DJB.

Took General in June at the SFO FCC Office, wasn't going to because I didn't think I was doing 13wpm, but a friend of mine heard me in QSO on the high end of the novice band and said, no your not, your doing about 22 right now. Had to stick around while My friends took the Advanced, they tried to get me to take it but I didn't, figured I did enough. They failed :), and went back in August and took the Advanced, all passed. Made extra finally in 2002 :D, never really missed the windows the extra offered :D

Callsigns Ive held

US
WD6DJB
KB1AQ
KF7QZ
N7HJ
and now W7PSK

DX

Been /VE lots of times

VQ9RS (1980)
KG4RS (1979)
WD6DJB/EA7 (1980-1981)

Also Guest operated at A9XIJ, SV0AE, and the Guam Ham Radio club KG6 somthing (too long ago)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20146815 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:07:24 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20144833 epstns : First licensed as a novice in 1962. Upgraded to general in 1963, and haven't left the CW bands since (except for time in green clothes, and time to raise a family, that is).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20144833 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:35:30 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20144467 drjim : You probably wouldn't recognize Torrance, then!
I'm actually a transplant from 9-Land. Started as WN9THB, went to WA9THB, then (after a long pause...) to KE6ZDO, and on to KQ6EA. I've had people ask me why I didn't get an "Extra Class" call to show-off when I upgraded. Well, they aren't issuing any calls like mine anymore, I'm used to it, everybody knows me by that call, and I still have a box of 500 QSL's to go..... :D
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Didn't notice but I lived in Torrance when I got my first license (Arvada St). Worked a lot of DX from there.

Now I've been stuck in Ojai for the last 30 years. ;)
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said by Gbcue See Profile :

I just passed on Saturday! Still waiting for my callsign to show up on the ULS.
Congrats! :)
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said by Hank See Profile :

said by jadinolf See Profile :

Got my novice in January 1968.

Before most of you were born?

W6OHI
Ok, whipper snapper! Got my Novice sometime in 1957 or there abouts.
But I was 34 when I got mine.

How's your math? :D
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said by jadinolf See Profile :

Got my novice in January 1968.

Before most of you were born?

W6OHI
Ok, whipper snapper! Got my Novice sometime in 1957 or there abouts. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20142524 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:16:12 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20140814 Gbcue : I just passed on Saturday! Still waiting for my callsign to show up on the ULS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20140814 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:16:30 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20140162 jadinolf : Got my novice in January 1968.

Before most of you were born?

W6OHI
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1972 Sat for and obtained 3rd Class Radiotelephone ticket with Broadcast endorsement.

1982 Decided WTF, I'll get a Technician license. Made appointment in December with FCC here in Milwaukee and passed. Ticket arrived late January 1983, N9DRY.

Had been working on upgrade and summer of 1985 passed the 13wpm CW, the VEs suggested trying the advanced written as it wouldn't cost anything and passed it also.

Extra took awhile, kept passing the written (have 4 or 5 CSCEs for that) but kept blowing the 20wpm CW. Finally passed that at a local Hamfest in July 1994.

In 1995 the FCC released the new question pool for the GROL. They took most of the technical questions verbatim from the Advanced and Extra pools, I passed that in November 1995.

Maybe I'll shoot the 2nd class Radiotelegraph test for kicks seeing as I get credit for the 20wpm CW test from my Extra instead of doing the more difficult Commercial CW test.

That is the Cliff's Notes version of the saga.

73, Todd N9DRY]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20140119 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:07:15 EDT Re: When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20139499 tenbase : Novice on March 22, 1985
Tech on July 24, 1990
General on July 15, 2003

yeah I'm taking my time :D
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Novice test was September/October 1987, actually got the ticket mailed back to me on a Friday within 2 weeks(a record in those days).

There was a VEC session the next day and I went there and passed the Tech/General theory.

Still trying to think if it was December 87' or January 88' when I went back and passed the 20wpm code and the Advanced theory(Element 4A).

Bombed the Extra theory(Element 4B)(I had never even studied for it anyway).

Never went back for the Extra, but have been exploring the possibilities lately(bought the new ARRL Element 4 book but it has been collecting dust).

73, George KA3SGM
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Baseball and wrestling soon monopolized my time, and I lost interest in radio...

25 years later, I took my Technician's class license exam, and a week ago, I upgraded to General. Working on improving my CW skills, I'm quite rusty from my youth, and with a little bit of work, I've snuck back up to 3 (WOW!) wpm. ;)

Can't wait to get on HF. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20137316 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:04:13 EDT When Were You First Licensed? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20137271 drjim : I know there's a bunch of OT's here, so I thought I'd go first.
Started as a Novice in 1964, made General the same year, and then let my license lapse in 1970. Too many other things going on, like College, girls, and cars, to have enough hours in the log to renew. Back then, if you didn't have a minimum number of hours in your log, you had to take the test again to keep your ticket.
Always had a good shortwave during those years, and finally got licensed again in 1995 as a Tech Plus, did General the next month, and Advanced the month after that. Waited a while to get my Extra, and here I am.
73, Jim KQ6EA
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