‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MARCH 2002 QST PAGES 37 AND 108 ‰ AA4PB, BECAME INTERESTED IN AMATEUR RADIO DURING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LATE 1950S. WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF HIS COUSIN, AL KRUGLER, K8DDX, BOB OBTAINED HIS TECHNICIAN LICENSE, K8KNI, AND SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME ON 6 METER AM IN THE DETROIT AREA. HIS EARLY INTEREST IN AMATEUR RADIO RESULTED IN A CAREER IN ELECTRONICS, FIRST AS A RADIO MECHANIC IN THE AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, FOLLOWED BY 10 YEARS IN THE NAVY AS AN AVIATION ELECTRONICS ‰ FROM PAGE 108 ‰ 234,388 570 154 A OK2PCN 228,456 512 167 A OK1FM 173,548 401 172 A OK1KZ ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚