As of 4/25/2006, I got the new call sign K7EP. for a ten year period.
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I first had a ham license in 1962 when I was in junior high. I held the call KN7UUJ. While I did not have the time or the resources to pursue amateur radio while in college I was licensed a second time in 1969 and issued the novice call WN7OSQ. I held this call six weeks and was issued a general license. This I held for six weeks before proceeding to advanced class. I held advance class for a number of years. One day I realized that people who had been my students in radio classes were now holders of the Extra Class Ham license. I was given the Extra Class Amateur Radio License in the very last FCC conducted testing session ever to be given in Spokane Washington. It was a very proud day for me.
I work mostly CW (international Morse code) on the low end of the forty meter amateur ham band. I also work 17, 30, 20 meters. While I have capability of all amateur bands from 80 to 10 meters I like these bands best.
I check in regularly on the Washington Amateur Traffic System (W.A.R.T.S) which meets daily at 18:00 PST on a frequency of 3.970 mHz and also CBN, the Columbia Basin Net which meets an hour later on 3.960. I also check into the WSN Washington Section Net on 3.658 Mhz. This is a Morse code net and as such it maintains the highest standards of the amateur tradition. I am impressed on a daily basis with the skill and efficiency of these fine ops.
I love Morse code for reasons that I cannot explain and for reasons that are too numerous to mention. While I deplore the notion of no code ham radio licensing and the lowering of standards for ham radio licensing I applaud those five word per minute Extras who I meet on the air working CW. I will pick up my straight key and QRS for each and every one of you; you are keeping the faith in the oldest and finest tradition of wireless! God Bless America!
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here to see my shack. The current lash up consists of Icom 756 Pro II,
IC-703 QRP transceiver and VHF/UHF 2720. I have two J-38 straight keys,
Lionel Toy Train J-36 and Vibroplex original "bugs" as well as a
Bencher Iambic Paddle and Begali simplex paddles as CW hand tools. I send
right handed with side-motion keys and left handed for the hand pumps
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