RST Engineering wrote:

Jim Weir
A&P, IA
FCC 1st phone since 1959 (yes, that means I got it at 16)


man, had not heard the term "first phone" (s/b fone) in a very long
time. got mine at age 18, 1965, and it was my ticket to radio stardom
reading hog and corn prices and "music to milk by" at a 250 watt peanut
whistle day-timer. yes, the antenna dummy load was a light bulb. "thump
that biggun in the back...looks a litle gassy..." reading base-currents
in a blizzard on a 5 tower array.

always thought it was a come-down when they replaced 'first class' with
"general".

but i digress....sorry,


dan