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In Reply to: RE: Here you go peeps. 1944 ARRL handbook download posted by SteveBrown on August 16, 2016 at 10:37:03
Sadly,there are quite a few more that have let their license expire because they either didn't want to spend the 7 or 10 dollars to renew it,or they just plain forgot to do it. Now,it cost nothing to renew it and you can do it on line.I also think there are a portion of them that didn't like the fact that the CW requirement was eliminated,when most of us had to pass at least 13wpm to have any voice privileges.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
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I was licensed at 14. Two years later, I could copy Morse by ear at 60 WPM. All told, I was a ham nearly 50 years - Novice, General and Extra Class.
The last time I was on the air (about ten years ago), I simply didn't enjoy it. One of my favorite segments had been moved (80M novice band). There was clandestine phone operation all over the CW portions of several bands. I had difficulty finding someone capable of typical Extra Class CW speeds, and fewer still able to operate QSK. I switched to phone and worked some DX, but the thrill was gone.
When renewal of the license came around a few years ago, I let it lapse. It was just a hanger-on from a bygone era. R.I.P.
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I got into Ham Radio back in Jr. High (1970's). I used to be WN7TTS. I remember the 5 wpm test was a breeze, but the 13 - that had me sweating! As you suggest, I let my ticket expire many years ago - about the time I discovered girls. :-) I think about taking it up again from time to time, so far there seem to be too many other priorities. But I do like the fact that I can now afford the stuff I lusted after way back then. First rig was a Hallicrafters HT40 paired with a Heath General Coverage receiver - man that was hard to tune precisely.
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