08-07-16 00:30 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: XRF PROBLEMS   
   Howdy! Tom,   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <57A7100F.1139.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    > I was 16 in June 1958 when I got my Novice License in the mail.   
    > IIRC, the Citizens Band Radio Service began in September 1958.   
    >   
    > If I had wanted to be a CB'er, I would had had to wait two years to apply   
    > for a CB License since I wasn't 18 years old.   
    >   
    > I never submitted a form to the F.C.C. to operate a CB set, because I   
    > have continued taking Tests to upgrade to a higher Amateur Radio Class,   
    > and have keep remembering to Renew my License on time.   
      
    TW> Because my brain could not comprehend CW I pplies for a CB licence.   
    TW> My CB cal sign was KNA 5683   
      
   I began to try to learn CW when two guys I was walking with started   
   whistling to each other in CW and I thought they were talking about ME.   
      
    > I'll have to renew again in October 2017.   
      
    TW> My General License expires in May of 2022   
    TW> I had intended to go for the Extra License but the rapid decline of the   
    TW> old Brain Power stopped me from doing so.   
      
   I tried for Amateur Extra once Failed the Written part but Passed the CW   
   part and walked out with a Advanced Class license.   
      
   No plans to take the test again, I like being a Do Do with a license class   
   that isn't offered any more.   
      
   73 de Ed W9ODR   
      
      
      
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