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73 de WA2ISE. Got it in 1976 as an old style tech (5wpm and general written) and in 2000 upgraded to Extra (took the old advanced and extra writtens, and saved the CSCEs to cash them in on "upgrade day" April 2000. When the FCC dropped the code from 20 to 5wpm for extras. Got a used Kenwood TS440SAT and had a blast on HF (it was at the top of the sunspot cycle then).
back in 1976 the FCC was recycling 2x3 callsigns, and it turns out someone in upstate NY had my call years before I did.
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