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For many many years my dad was W9MRW out of Chicago. Got his license at age 15 in 1925. Later he became ‘sparks’ in the Merchant Marine in the 30’s. As a kid I’d hear the call repeated over and over so it’s burned in my brain. At the end of his life in the 80’s he was still a Ham listening to Morse code from ships at sea.

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