[CQ-Contest] KQ2M 50th Anniversary

[jpescatore at aol.com]

Congrats, Bob!  I think have you beat by a bit but I'm actually not sure:
For at least 40 years I've sent 69 as my Sweepstakes check, because my memory is that I was in junior high school when I became WN2ADH. But, my original log books (the ones where you logged every unanswered CQ...) got lost years ago.
I recently searched the QST archives, the earliest I can find WN2ADH is 1972 Novice Roundup with a whopping 78 Qs. I think that means I probably got my novice in 1970, as a freshman in high school. 
Doesn't seem that long ago that QCWA seemed like a bunch of ancient Hiram Percy Maxims... If only as a teenager I'd been smart enough to ask my parents for a ARRL life membership, instead of a Heathkit phone patch, I'd be rich!
73 John K3TN