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PY2CLK: A 63-Year Lookback

It’s hard to believe that so much time has gone by, so quickly. It seems to me that it was just yesterday when I started out in ham radio, but it has actually been nearly 64 years. My name is José Lahor Filho and I live in the interior of Brazil, in a city called Uberlândia-MG. I also have a residence in São Paolo. When I’m in São Paolo, I’m PY2CLK and here I’m PY4CLK.

The world has changed dramatically since 1956 when I

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