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Paul E. Woolwine
Chattanooga, TN.
Ex WN8EUD, WN7PPC, WN8OGW and KA4EJS
How I Got Started in the Hobby of Amateur Radio.
When I was a child, I lived at the V.F.W. National Home in Eaton
Rapids, Michigan. This is a children's home that had about 130 kids at
the time I was there. They had a counselor there by the name of Bruce Tanner
(W8ISC). He was the first contact I had with Ham Radio. He also gave me
my Novice test. At the time, I was the first child at the Home that got
the Novice license. My first Novice call was WN8EUD in 1968.The club station
at the home consisted of Hammarlund HX-50A transmitter and a HQ-215 receiver,
with a Tri-Bander antenna. Just think, the only kid out of 130 to have a
license. I never had to stand in line to use it. After leaving the home,
I moved to the state of Nevada and my call was changed to WN7PPC. At that
time Novice licenses were only good for two years, I had to wait one year
to be able to retake the test and by that time I was back in Michigan and
received the call of WN8OGW. I then moved to Chattanooga, Tn and after two
more years when my license ran out, I retook the test and got the call of
KA4EJS. Then I FINALLY upgraded to a General Class in the late 1970's. Then
in about 1981 I upgraded to Advanced Class and changed my call to KI4CH.
So there you have it, that is my story of how I got started in Ham
Radio. Again, it would have not been possible if I hadn't been for
one special Ham, Bruce Tanner (W8ISC) (William 8 Icky Sticky Candy), that
shared his knowledge, and gave me the opportunity to have many years of enjoyment
of being a Ham.
Please sign the Guestbook
GUEST BOOK is DOWN for NOW
Our thoughts and prayers are
with all those
injured or lost in the tragic
events of
September 11, 2001 as well
as with their
families and friends.
KI4CH's Favorite Links:
The KF4LHP Homepage
The W4ORS Homepage (Chattanooga
Wx Info)
The Chattanooga Amateur Radio Club
The Ocoee Amateur Radio Society
a.k.a. OARS
Chattanooga
area Doppler Radar from Intellicast
Feel free to send any comments
and suggestions to my e-mail address.
Last Updated: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:14:38 GMT