EX WB6CMH, WA6HZE, K6DXC
First licensed on November 22, 1961 as WN6CMH. In those days when you were a novice class ham you had one year to upgrade or you were off the air. I pushed it pretty much to the end and upgraded in September 1962. I was issued WB6CMH at that time. I would have to say that those early years of my ham career at age 12 and 13 were some of the best times I have had on the air.

I had two of the finest elmers I could have wanted. My dad WA6HZE, and John Gill, (uncle John to me)  W6UOL. Sadly I say they are both silent keys today.

When the vanity callsign program started in the early 90's I applied for my fathers call.
 One day my son, Ray,  came over to visit and laid a novice license KC6ZOC, down in front of me. Needless to say I was very surprised, not to mention beaming with pride.

Giving it some thought of how neat it would be for him to be the third generation Ham in the family to have WA6HZE, I applied for a new Vanity call of K6DXC. Ray then obtained his grandfathers call. I know my father would have been extremely proud to see his grandson have his call.

Ray lost interest in Amateur Radio for a number of years, but I kept his license renewals up for him knowing that one day he would again become interested. Recently Ray upgraded to General and gave me the incentive to cram for a couple of weeks and we went together to take our test. Ray breezed through the General exam and I managed to get by the Extra Class by only missing a few. I wanted to change my callsign to reflect this upgrade and applied for K6RF. By the FCC random picking method when several applications are received for the same call, I was lucky enough to get K6RF.

I especially enjoy CW operating and QRP. Although I do operate at all power levels.
 

Hal K6RF