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HAM RADIO HISTORY
4 Billion BC - Earth is a swirling ball of flaming gases.
Propagation is extremely poor.
1 Billion BC - First dry land appears. It is divided up into
squares. County Hunters Club formed.
500 Million BC - Second patch of dry land appears. First
DXpedition. Credit disallowed because of questionable licensing
agreement.
400 Million BC - Flowering plants and grasses evolve. Telrex
invents first beam antenna but sales area slow because of lack of
suitable structures.
300 Million BC - First tree appears. It is immediately cut down,
stripped of branches, placed in a concrete base and named a
telephone pole. Telrex sells first beam.
200 Million BC - Second beam sold by Telrex. Installer falls from
top of pole. First safety belt sold.
100 Million BC - First mountain appears. Repeater invented.
50 Million BC - It is decided by WARC that "seek you" is too
cumbersome to send on CW, so abbreviation "CQ" is adopted.
4 Million BC - Humans replace swine as dominant species. The name
"Ham Operator" hangs on, however.
3 Million BC - Dugout canoe invented. Maritime Mobile Net formed
on 14.313 mHz.
2 Million BC to 800 AD - Nothing much happens for a long time.
900 AD - Chinese invent gunpowder. BY1AA is first "Big Gun" DXer.
1790 AD - Ben Franklin invents long wire receiving antenna. Ground
switch invented.
1961 AD - Second repeater erected. First repeater group refuses to
change frequency. First frequency coordinator appointed.
1990 AD - Amateur radio humor sinks to a new low.
Published in the spring 1990 Handi-Hams Newsletter, originally
appeared in the LYERS Newsletter.