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EQUIPMENT.  HE IS CURRENTLY RESTORING TWO COLLINS R 390AS AND A COLLINS R
388.  HE ALSO DOES REPAIR WORK ON TEST EQUIPMENT.  WHEN HE ISNT ENJOYING
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WITH HIS WIFE OR WORKING IN HIS REPAIR SHOP, LARKIN
GETS ON THE AIR WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, PRIMARILY ON THE HF BANDS.  2 JOHN
FORE, WN2HID NOW W6LD JOHN IS ACTIVE IN AMATEUR RADIO TODAY, ALTHOUGH IT
HASNT ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.  HIS CURRENT PURSUITS INCLUDE BUILDING AND
MAINTAINING THE CLUB STATION AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, W6YX, AS WELL AS A
SMALL CONTEST STATION IN ARUBA P40L/P49Y, PREVIOUSLY P49V, WHICH HE HAS
COWNED WITH ANDREW FABER, AE6Y, SINCE 2003.  JOHN SAYS THAT ONCE HE TURNED
16, HE BEGAN SPENDING ALL HIS FREE TIME WORKING AT A LOCAL
ELECTRONICS/STEREO STORE, WHICH GREATLY REDUCED THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR
AMATEUR RADIO.  AS A RESULT, HE BECAME INACTIVE.  AFTER A LONG HIATUS, JOHN
FINALLY RETURNED TO THE HOBBY.  HE SAID, I GOT RESTARTED IN AMATEUR RADIO
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