THE EARLY YEARS
Childhood
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Mount Adams, Cincinnati, Ohio. I was born here in 1940

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4943 Winneste Ave, Winton Terrace, Cincinnati, Ohio. I lived here to age 13. After the end of WW2 Winton Terrace had expanded to become Winton Hills.

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St. Bernard Catholic Church and School, Winton Place, Cincinnati. I attendeed grade school (1-6th grade) here.

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Jim, Donna and Me 1948-1949 school year ages 6, 7 and 8.

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The Tyrrell kids

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Dressed for church

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We recycled an old bike from grandfather's basement

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Mom at our Hamilton Ave apartment

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Me at about age 13 with my dog, Teddy, a Pomeranian mix, on Hamilton Ave.

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Mom and Teddy on the porch of our Hamilton Ave apartment

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My brohter Jim and Teddy at our store and home on Chase Ave

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J&R Foods. Our Corner Grocery store was at Chase & Chambers Sts. We lived in the apartment above the store. That could be my Dad at the basement doors.

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St. Boniface School, Northside, Cincinnati. I attended grades 7 and 8 here.

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St Boniface Church and Rectory, Chase Ave., Northside

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St Boniface Church

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The organ at the back of St Boniface Church

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The alter sits in a marble shrine. The domed sanctuary is surrounded in mosaic angels.

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Mosaic pillars and arches of St Boniface Church

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One of many stained glass windows of St Boniface Church

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The mosaic "Stations of the Cross" at St Boniface Church

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A marble statue in St Boniface Church

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A marble statue in a vestabule at St Boniface

High School
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With my mom at Sacred Heart Seminary. I was never far from my Kodack Brownie Hawkeye camera

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My brother Jim and me at Sacred Heart Seminary.

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Jim and I often enjoyed a few sets of tennis together.

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West Night High School.

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Me. High School Graduation

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My sister Donna. High School Graduation

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My brother Jim. High School Graduation

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This was my first car, a black & white 1957 Chevy Bel Aire.

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Our house on Chambers St. The railroad ran along the tree line when we lived here and there was no fence. There was a huge tree in the back yard.

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Drive-in movie theater 1950s

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Car hops

Ham Radio K8ARV
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My ham radio station K8ARV (c1959)

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Hallicrafters SX99 receiver

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My first transmitter - 35 watt CW Heathkit

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A schematic diagram was the wiring instructions for the kit.

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I built a Heathkit Q-Multiplier to improve reception of my receiver

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Johnson Viking Valliant 200 watt AM/CW/SSB transmitter

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Gonset G76 Transceiver

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Vibroplex telegraph key ommomly called a "bug"
A semi-automatic key that automatically made the "dots."

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I bought a used microphone

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QSL Cards - Ham operators exchanged these cards to acknowledge and confirm our contact. QTH is location.

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Cards came in all designs. I got this card from Eric. It depicted the log book we kept that was required by the FCC

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I got this card from Bill. His card detailed his equipment, Rcvr, Xmtr, and Antenna

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I got this card from Jack. He designed his own card

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The FCC exam study book


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