On 15 Dec 2003 09:58:07 -0800, N2EY wrote:

But while the Novice was an instant hit, the Tech didn't get a lot of
takers until first 6 and then 2 meters were added.

A lot of us (including me) used the Tech as an incremental
stepping-stone to the General after our Novices ran out - the
closest thing to a CSCE before the VE system got approval to use the
latter. I kept mine for 10 years before I got my General (but
several things like undergrad and graduate school and finding a
steady job needed my attention more than practicing Morse).

Techs on 2 were very active in NY and LA in the very early 60s.
Southern California even had 2-m repeaters by then (AM, of course).

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane