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RADIO AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, WHERE I WAS STUDYING MATHEMATICS.  OUR
CLUB, W7OHR NOW N7BYU, HAD ITS OWN STATION IN THE STUDENT UNION, EQUIPPED
WITH DRAKE TWINS A VERY NICE STATION FOR THE TIME.  THERE WERE ALWAYS OTHER
STUDENTS AROUND TO GIVE ME ANSWERS, AND FINALLY, WITH JUST A FEW MONTHS
BEFORE GRADUATING, I WAS AN OFFICIAL NOVICE, CALL SIGN WN7AIU.  MY PARENTS
GAVE ME A HEATHKIT HW 16 KIT AS A GRADUATION PRESENT, BUT ONCE I LEFT THE
SAFETY OF THE COLLEGE CAMPUS, I HAD NO MENTOR TO GO TO WITH QUESTIONS.  I
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LEARNED TO SOLDER ON MY OWN IT WAS A MIRACLE THE HW 16 CAME TO LIFE.  I
DOVE INTO HAM RADIO WITH GUSTO, AND BEFORE LONG I HAD MY GENERAL AND
ADVANCED CLASS LICENSES.  I UPGRADED MY RADIO TO A YAESU FT 201 AND HAD A
BALL.  HOWEVER, HAM RADIO GOT PUSHED ASIDE FOR A STINT IN THE US AIR FORCE,
A WIFE AND FAMILY, AND JOBS IN THE CIVILIAN WORLD.  I WORKED FOR NORTHROP
WHERE I WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EMPLOYEE RADIO CLUB, THEN IBM.  WHEN WE
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