Hi Paul,
Congratulations on such effective "staying power"...! Good on you.
The SK column in our "TCA" magazine (put out by "The Radio Amateurs of
Canada"---our version of the ARRL) regularly lists the actual ages of those
Hams who have sadly vacated this earth, in favour of that great big Ham shack
in the sky---and it's really quite amazing at how many of us ripen to the ranks
of the late 80's & 90's...!
I guess radio amateurs are into something good---as you have discovered, I am
sure, there...
Congrats again---and here's to the NEXT 78 years...! :o)
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
On 2015-01-19, at 8:41 PM, Paul Elliott wrote:
> Today I have the extremely good fortune to celebrate 78 years of being a
> licensed ham. On a day late in January 1937, in Kingsville TX, I came home
> from school and found a small envelope waiting for me. Inside was my
> license, dated January 19, 1937: operating privileges Class C, station call
> sign W5GGV. I was 14 years old at the time.
>
> 73 Paul W5DM
>
> _________________
> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
_________________
Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
|