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INCLUDING MY FIRST RADIO THAT I BOUGHT AT A SWAP MEET.  WITH HIS HELP, I
PUT UP A VERTICAL ANTENNA IN MY BACKYARD.  DEREKS INTEREST QUICKLY GREW BY
NOVEMBER 2010, HE HAD HIS GENERAL TICKET AND THEN IN MARCH 2011, HIS EXTRA.
MEIER TOLD THE ARRL THAT DEREK STARTED OUT WITH SSB, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS
SKILLS IN COMPUTERS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, HE BECAME INTERESTED IN THE
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