As holder of FCC amateur radio license WA2RVU, I have spent many hours contacting fellow amateurs all over the U.S.A., and many countries of the world. My fellow "ham" and friend Gerry Jurrens (N2GJ) has compiled a comprehensive list of celebrity amateurs on his web site. (http://users.tellurian.com/gjurrens/famous_hams.html). As for me, the only celebrities I have had conversations with beside the above Larry Ferrari, was back in the 1970's when I spent a few minutes talking to my favorite radio satirist, Jean Shepherd. I hope to once again get back on the air with a future purchase of a vertical antenna in limited size of my property, which will give me at least a bit of coverage of the amateur bands. I have more or less given up on what we hams know as the 2 meter band, due to the lack of activity with the advent of the cell phone.
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Tom, Dad and Mom and we kids spent many Sunday afternoons listening to Larry play the organ at Bill Ford's home in Jobstown [also a HAM but can't remember his call letters]. Bill was the Mayor of Jobstown...do you remember him? Kathy
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