My adventure with Ham Radio started as a little boy, when a small

booklet called "Amateur Radio" got into my hands. I  read it from cover

to cover and got very excited about it. Unfortunately, in my small town,

Wegrow, there was no active ham at the time.  I have never forgotten

about the subject, though nothing happened till some years later.

In 1972 my family moved to larger town, Pruszkow, next to Warsaw.

One day in 1974, in my High School appeared a notice, that there will

be a meeting and enlisting for Amateur Radio Licence course, arranged

by local radio club, SP5KMB.

I enrolled and ....at the end of the course it was only me, and another

person, who finished it, pass the exams and got the licence. I was only

17 then.

It took another year, before paper work was sorted out, and that I

actually got my licence. I spent that year operating at the radio club

station, SP5KMB, mainly on CW, exploring different aspects of ham

radio, including High Speed CW, contesting, dx-ing etc. and even

competing in the High Speed Telegraphy Competitions and "Wieloboj

Lacznosci"- Paramilitary Penthatlon.

It was during the school summer holidays of 1975, when I finally got a

licence and a call: SP5IXI.