Topband: 78th Anniversary of First Ham License

[Eddy Swynar]

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
> 
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