N9LBG

Welcome to Larry's Ham Home Page

I have had an interest in Ham radio since the 60's, but the code requirement always kept me from getting a license. A friend and I were active citizen banders during the time when you still had to have a license (KNM0590) to operate CB. We even had QSL cards. I built my first electronic project, a KnightKit C-22 transceiver. I bought it in Chicago at the old Allied Radio Shack. (Long before Tandy) But as teenagers, we soon got involved in other things. After the FCC dropped the license requirement, that service took a drastic nose dive. But for those of us who were wanna-be hams, CB was as close as we got.

While in the Air Force in Spain, one of our Chaplains (licensed as an Extra and also licensed by the Spanish, not a reciprocal license, but a Spanish license) offered a Novice class. I stuck with it and passed the code requirement, but the only forms he had were outdated and the FCC returned it unprocessed. By this time he was in the midst of transferring out, so I wasn't able to get my license then.
After the FCC created the no code class, I was able to finally get licensed in April, 1991. I still wanted to get HF privileges and in June 1992, I was able to pass the 5wpm test. I passed the General written in April 1993, but could not get a grip on the 13wpm. With the change in the FCC rules, which minimized the code requirements, I was able to pass the Advanced and Extra tests, and now hold the Amateur Extra class license.

I am not very active on the radio these days. Too many other pursuits and not a good spot to mount the radio in the car!

Here is my APRS WX station info:
N9LBG APRS

ARES Links:

Illinois ARES

These are some of the web pages I support:

Madison County IL SKYWARN

Lewis and Clark Radio Club, K9HAM, Godfrey IL

One of my other web pages

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