My interest in electricity and later on radio was first initiated by a extraordinary teacher in Junior High School who spent some of her own time to teach basic principles of electricity to students who expressed an interest in science. She spent her own time and money to sponsor a number of small lab type experiments in electricity demonstrating voltage, current,resistance and circuitry. Small motors were built and demonstrated.
I became aware of several "Radio Hams" in my home town who had their own transmitting stations and could talk to other amateur radio operators around the world. I got permission to visit these operators and view their stations in operation, becoming almost overwhelmed with the scope of the communications possibilities. I immediately began studying the Morse Code and technical material required by the FCC in order to get a "Ham" operator & station license.
World War 2 began before I could take the license exam and all activities were put on hold because the FCC immediately suspended all Amateur Radio examinations and operations for the duration of the war. I took the FCC license exam in early 1946 and have been a licensed amateur radio operator since that time. Many new innovations in amateur communications have been made since 1946 including digital and satellite communications.
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