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Still do. My mode of preference is CW (Morse code) I occasionally use voice (SSB) but CW is best for bad conditions on the airwaves. I was first licensed in 1957 and have been active right up to date. My antennas weren't massive, but they did cover a lot of my back yard. Now, all I have is a vertical mast about twenty feet tall on my roof. All my equipment is hand-built as a Heathkit kit, using tubes. My code speed isn't what it used to be in the Navy, when I was an intercept operator, but I can still copy around 35 words per minute.

Bill

I wave a WAC (Worked All Continents) award, so take your pick. My most favorite person to chat with was a ham in Vladivostok. He was a master at the key. I was hard-pressed to keep up with him. But he was also a great conversationalist. There were times we talked for over an hour on most every subject we could think of. The most interesting callsign I ever encountered was from Thailand. It was HS5IS. This call consists of nothing but dits, no dahs - a real challenge, even with a speed key.

As for voice, there was a ham in Australia who had an accent I could cut with a knife, but was always filled with stories. I loved chatting with him.

When you've been a ham as long as I have (1957 to 2025) there is hardly a country I haven't at least exchanged signal strength and readability with.

Bill

Keep on hamming is correct. I'm 83, and I agree that doing all that keeps me on my toes, and my brain firing on all cylinders. Publishing my two novels was great, and I fully intend to get the one I'm posting now out there--hopefully before Christmas. My latest programming direction is toward Android applications. I have a few of them on my phone that help me along without having to put up with hundreds of ads.

Bill