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|    marvinzitting@gmail.com to cber...@cc.utah.edu    |
|    Re: 3 new extras under 16 in same family    |
|    30 May 17 02:35:06    |
      On Wednesday, March 25, 1992 at 8:47:50 AM UTC-6, cber...@cc.utah.edu wrote:       > On the Utah VHF Society net last night, the announcement was made that we       > had five new extra class hams in the valley from the previous night's       > VE testing. Significantly, three of these were under the age of 16 and       > from the same family. I didn't catch their first names but the Zitting       > boys, ages 13, 14, and 15 all passed extra. Their father, Marv Zitting,       > here in Salt Lake area was on the net and someone asked, "How many extras       > do you now have in your household?" He said about 10! That must be a       > record. Ten extras in the same household! Certainly a feat worth       > publishing. Also should provide some motivation for those you feel that       > can't do 20wpm code. BTW. I heard Marv Zitting talking later and mentioned       > that "his daughters" frequently do CW on 40 meters so assume some of those       > extras in his family are young ladies. Anyone with access to an alphabetic       > index of callsigns might like to look up "Zitting" in Utah and tell us       > what calls you find in the same household.       >       > Cheryl       > callsign pending              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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