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<h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Former Novice returns to ham radio after 55 years</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Alan Thompson</strong><span> </span>got his Novice amateur radio license WV6ZHL when aged 11 in 1962 but let it lapse, 55 years later he has returned to the hobby as<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">AJ6AR</strong><span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The Mountain Democrat newspaper says:<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">There were four ham radio license classes available in 1962, each with increasing privileges. The novice-class license was the first and an entry-level ticket to the world of ham radio.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">One of Thompson’s first steps to get back into amateur radio was to join the local El Dorado County Amateur Radio Club where he could meet other local hams and start catching up on current radio technology.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">After three months of online study on sites like eHam.com and HamStudy.org, Thompson felt he was finally ready to pass the license exams.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Thompson passed all three exams in one sitting, and earned an extra-class ticket, the highest Amateur Radio license available.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the full Mountain Democrat story at<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/alan-thompson-is-still-a-ham/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/alan-thompson-is-still-a-ham/</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Original Mountain Democrat story on Alan from 1962<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.alanthompson.com/files/The_Mountain_Democrat_August_02_1962.pdf" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.alanthompson.com/files/<br style="box-sizing:border-box">The_Mountain_Democrat_August_02_1962.pdf</a></p>

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