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Spurrier HISTORY My Novice License was issued December 16, 1957, callsign KN3CNH. 
I operated 80, 40 and 15 meter CW with a Heathkit AT-1 and later with a DX20 transmitter. a Hallicrafters S-40B receiver and a half-wave coaxial fed dipole antenna. 
December 1958 my Technician License was issured with my call sign K3CNH. I purchased a used Heathkit DX35 and converted it to six meters. I used a Hallicrafters SX-110 with a Tecraft 50 mhz converter. My antenna was a 50 Mhz homebrew 6 element widespace beam on an old TV tower up 50 feet. 
1960 I upgraded to General class, built a Heathkit "Apache" TX-1 transmitter. Made a 10 & 15 meter homebrew quad to go along with my existing dipole antenna. I kept my Hallicrafters SX-110 with the converter and Heathkit DX35 and stayed active on 6 meters as well. 
When I started tech school in Philadelphia 1961, I built a Heathkit "Sixer" and had a Halo mounted on my 1957 Plymouth. I was very active on 6 meters from the mobile in the Philadelphia area from 1961 thru 1963. In 1967 I added a Heathkit S300, SB400, and SB600. My antennas were upgraded to a Mosley TA-36, New homebrew 6 element widespace 50 Mhz beam, and 144 Mhz Finco stacked beams on a 40 foot telephone pole. Also got active on RTTY with Models 14, 15, and 19 Teletype Machines.
In 1979 Carol, WN3RGP and I got married and we moved in our new home. This was my Station setup and antenna system.
This is my current station setup 2010   EQUIPMENT USED CURRENTLY HF EQUIPMENT - Kenwood TS-940S, TS-440S, TS-450S, TS-570S, and TS-2000, Ameritron 811H HF ANTENNAS - Dipoles on 160 and 20, Trap Dipole 160, 80, 40, Cushcraft AP8 vertical 80 thru 10 meters. Cushcraft 10 meter ringo. VHF EQUIPMENT - Kenwood TS-700, TS711, TS-811, TM-733, TM-D710. VHF ANTENNAS - Cushcraft 50 Mhz, 144 Mhz, and 432 Mhz Beams. HF MOBILE - Kenwood TS-120, TS-480, Icom IC7000 My QSL Cards
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