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GOT INTO HAM RADIO IS WHEN WE LIVED IN HONOLULU, MY BROTHER WAS GOING TO
UNIVERSITY HERE IN SALT LAKE, AND HE RAN INTO A FELLOW BY THE NAME OF MALC
MAJORS.  MALC WAS A HAM W0OJI AND SET UP SCHEDULES BETWEEN HAWAII AND SALT
LAKE TO TALK WITH MY BROTHER.  WHEN WE RETURNED TO SALT LAKE DAD GOT HIS
TICKET ABOUT 1947 AND PURCHASED THE COLLINS EQUIPMENT.  I WAS IN SCHOOL
THEN AND REMEMBER HIS HAVING PEOPLE UP TO THE HOUSE ALL TIMES OF THE DAY
AND NIGHT TO HAVE SCHEDULES WITH SERVICEMEN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.  HE WAS
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USING A 4 ELEMENT BEAM FOR 10 METERS AND 3 ELEMENT BEAM FOR 20 METERS.  IT
WAS HOME MADE AND SAT ON TOP OF A 44 FT VESTO TOWER.  THE SKIP WAS OPEN
THEN AND I THINK HE MADE MOST OF HIS CONTACTS ON 10 METERS.  10 METERS WAS
OPEN IN THE EARLY EVENINGS AND PEOPLE WERE OVER TO THE HOUSE ALMOST EVERY
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