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1961 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR.  SAM AND I WERE FEROCIOUS COMPETITORS, DOGGEDLY
PURSUING DXERS FOR THEIR VALUABLE QSLS.  IT WAS NECK AND NECK AT THE DXCC
FINISH LINE FOR THESE RADIO PALS.  SAM JOINED DXCC FIRST, AFTER GUS
BROWNINGS QSL FOR A NEW ONE HIT SAMS MAILBOX.  AS HIGH SCHOOL PLAYED OUT,
THE WORLD BRACED FOR ANOTHER CONFLAGRATION VIET NAM.  IN THE SPRING OF
1964, GRADUATION IMPACTED US IN WAYS SIMILAR, AND YET TOTALLY DIFFERENT.  I
BOUGHT A USED 57 CHEVY WITH MONEY I HAD SAVED DRIVING A TRUCK FOR DAD
DURING VACATIONS.  AT SAMS GRADUATION PARTY, HE RECEIVED THE HOLY GRAIL OF
AMATEUR RADIO GIFTS.  A COLLINS KWM 2 TRANSCEIVER.  AND AN ENVELOPE.  SAM
HANDED ME THE ENVELOPE, WITH TO THE BEST SON IN THE WORLD WRITTEN IN THE
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