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I first got into HAM Radio in 1968 at the tender age of 10 after a book on Marconi created an interest in Spark GAP Radio’s. A friend and I built a set of Spark Gaps from old model T spark coils and began sending messages back and forth to each other. This came to a sudden and abrupt stop one saturday afternoon with a knock on the door by local law enforcement and a Local HAM. Seems that we were not only sending great signals back and forth to each other, but wiping out 100% all TV and Radio signals for a 10 mile radius. The HAM Figured it was safer to have me join them than not, and encouraged me in the hobby, and helped me study for my Novice ticket which I received in Sep 1968. I upgraded to General the fall of 1969. | ||||
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