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EACH OTHER FROM THE LICENSE MANUAL.  MONTHS EARLIER, WE HAD AGREED TO FORGO
THE NOVICE LICENSE AND GO FOR THE GENERAL SO WE COULD WORK DX ON PHONE.
THE EXAMINER CALLED ME FIRST.  LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER, I EMERGED FROM THE
ROOM, TRIUMPHANT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAD PASSED THE GENERAL CLASS
REQUIREMENTS.  SAM WAS NEXT.  I WAITED FOR SAM IN THE LOBBY, READING DOG
EARED COPIES OF LIFE MAGAZINE.  SILENTLY, I SAID A LITTLE PRAYER FOR SAM.
MOMENTS LATER, SAMUEL GREENBERG EMERGED, READY TO BUY A RIG.  FOR ME,
THINGS WOULD EVOLVE DIFFERENTLY.  AS THE SON OF A SCROUNGER, KIT BUILDING
AND HOME BREWING WOULD BE MY THING.  SOON, THE MAIL BROUGHT THE TWO SAMS
THEIR HAM TICKETS.  WE WERE OFF AND RUNNING.  SAM, WITH HIS HALLICRAFTERS
HT 37 AND SX 111, AND ME, WITH MY KNIGHT KIT T 150 AND R 100.  YOSEF WAS
BUILDING HOUSES ALL ACROSS TOWN, AND DADS ONE TRUCK OPERATION BECAME SIX.
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