They must have realized quickly the "foreign" prefixes and no way to determine
license class. By summer '78-'80 in Los Angeles (actually Long Beach) I was
WD6GKS/AG, /AA, /AE through the license classes. Maybe the "A" was so it was a
US prefix.
Dan KI6X
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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+danki6x=gmail.com@contesting.com> On
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Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 1:44 PM
To: John Geiger <wr6885@proton.me>; jimk8mr@aol.com; Joe <nss@mwt.net>
Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>; Art Boyars
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia
After instantly upgrading in 1978 I was W1GTI/BS. Got it on a high floor in
the Boston Custom House. Down below the streets were fogged in, but up in the
exam room the sun shone. A good omen. I was the last person to finish (Advanced
and Extra) and the examiners were patient and kind and I got my BS.
No pileups that I can remember. People probably stayed away from me. A few must
have thought I was in 6S (Pakistan). Probably no one thought I was in China.
(There was no BY activity back then)
I was very happy when that little FCC envelope came. I can remember the
excitement of opening it up.
73,
Ken, AB1J
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