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1956 - The beginning: SWLing 1957 - My Elmer - Gary, K2UZJ Gary, K2UZJ In Action My 1st License: WV2BQJ Issued on 8/21/1958 1958 My First Station Me pulling in the rare ones! WA2BQJ, 1st Issued 7/30/1959 WV2BQJ/WA2BQJ QSL Card	First became interested in Amateur Radio in the mid-50s as a teenager living in Syracuse, NY Started Short Wave Listening on a classic Hallicrafters S-38E receiver in 1956 Best high school buddy (Gary Lindstrom, K2UZJ) became my first Elmer Obtained my Novice license, WV2BQJ, in 1958 Upgraded to General Class, WA2BQJ, in 1959 Station consisted of a Heathkit DX-40 transmitter, Hallicrafters SX-99 Receiver, Autek QF-1 Q-Multiplier, and a 66ft. end fed long wire at 25 ft Moved to Cleveland, OH in 1968 and operated as WB8CHZ for 3 years, only on 6M using a Heathkit 6M "Benton Harbor Lunchbox" In 1973 relocated to Philadelphia, PA, operating as WA3VTM, solely on 2M Headed west to California in 1976, where I obtained my first "6=Land" callsign, WA6OMA. In 1981, upgraded to Advanced Class as KE6MI Station consisted of Yaesu FT101E and Hustler 4-BTV antenna Operated until 1990 then dropped out of the hobby because of heavy work-related travel In July, 2005, decided to "Go The Extra Mile", and passed the Extra Class license exam After meeting with the family of Silent Key, William Marcum, the original holder of the callsign K6MM, I applied for and was assigned the vanity callsign K6MM on July 8, 2005 You can see my tribute to William Marcum here. I am honored to be able to put his callsign back on the air again, as a DXer, Contester, and Rag-chewer.	WB8CHZ, Issued 11/5/1968 WA3VTM, Issued 11/27/1973 WA3VTM QSL Card WA6OMA, Issued 7/12/1976 WA6OMA QSL Card KE6MI, Issued 12/1/1981 KE6MI QSL Card K6MM, Issued 7/8/2005 K6MM Direct QSL K6MM eQSL Card

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