
I am a third generation Ham. My grandfather Theodore
W. Klingel and his brother Felix Klingel started out in ham radio back in the
1920's. Back then there was no FCC therefore no call letters. Also there was
only CW (morse code) everybody knew you by your initials and your fist (the way
you sent CW). When the FCC came around their station call was W8AUU. Back then
New York was in the 8 region. When New York changed to a 2 region their call
changed to W2AUU. My mother now holds that call. Things were much different
back then, you could not go down to a electronics store and purchase a radio,
you had to build your own.
Here is a picture of my
grandfathers ham shack (Radio room).
In the late 70's my mother and father got their ham
licenses. they were WB2FVI (my mother) and WA2EOM (my father). My father then
upgraded to a general class license and changed his call to KA3EBF. Then when
he upgraded to an advanced class license he changed his call again to KB3WC.
Then on Dec. 3, 1997 he changed his call again to W2PIG just to be funny I
guess. My mother just recently changed her call to W2AUU (her fathers old
call). My father has an advanced class license and my mother has a general
class license.
Then in 1979 I got my first call KA3GGR. When I upgraded to
a technician class license I changed my call to N3DNO and kept it when I
upgraded to a general class license which I still hold today. Someday I hope to
change my call to W8AUU My grandfathers first call, but for now I can not
because it is still taken. My brother Ted also has a ham license KB2ADT but he
is inactive in ham radio. His first call was KA3LQP which he got when we lived
in Pittsburge Pa. Hopefully my son Jimmy will someday be able to get his ham
license too and be a forth generation ham.

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