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ZANESVILLE, Ohio — One local man’s hobby has allowed him to experience the entire world without ever leaving his basement. Everett Jackson started his amateur radio station, WZ8P, back in 1962. Since then he has used his station in the basement of his Zanesville home to communicate with someone in every single country in the world. His passion started when he was just a teenager. “I loved the radio and I wanted to talk on it but it was illegal because CB radio was for small businesses. So my dad says ‘you need to get an amateur radio license.’ So he brought home some 33 1/3 records and I sat in bed and I played them and I listen to these records for two years to learn Morse Code to be able to go and take the exam and get a novice license,” said Jackson. It took Jackson 32 years to reach his goal of talking to every country. He now has a binder with post cards from every nation and island he’s been on air with.
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