Now I feel old.........! My first novice contact (CW, of course!) was in September 1969-over 40 years ago. The processing time for licenses was six weeks, from exam or renewal to mailbox! '73 de JIM N2ZZ ARRL Vice Director Roanoke Division ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioT -----Original Message----- From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:37 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18567] 27 and counting Twenty-seven years ago today, I made my first ham radio contact while driving home from the FCC office in Langhorne, PA, where I'd passed the General exams. Time flies when you're having fun! 73 - Kay N3KN