CQ Amateur Radio

VO1CBL’s Tale

have only been a ham for two years, I earned my first license in June 2017 as a basic amateur with honors in Canada, and upgraded to Advanced the following month and became known as VO1IDX. Just last month, I wrote all three FCC exams to achieve an Amateur Extra Class license in the U.S. and obtained the vanity call K1IDX. Having retired three years ago, I had a lot of time on my hands and wanted to maintain my skillset so I

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