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I remember that, for such a big guy, he had a "tenor" voice. I can hear him now in my mind. He would see me and say: "Hello TP". His wife Jo and I got our novice licenses at about the same time. Ed gave me the test. He had a 125' tower at the store and a 75' tower at his home. He lived on...

This was the location of Ed's store. 3850 South Freeway in Fort Worth. After he closed it and went to Tandy, the building was sold to a religious organization. Now it looks empty. His original store was on Pennsylvania Ave in a rented space. This was in the 70s.

Ed was no stranger to RV-ing. Even back when he had his store, he had a travel trailer. I remember one summer when the A/C went out in his house, he let the kids sleep in the trailer in the driveway.

Ed Juge helped me get out of CB and become a ham. His old callsign was W5TOO. His wife Jo's callsign was WB5AZX. My original callsign back then was WB5BDY. Now it's KC5PA. I was a regular at Juge Electronics. He also held an FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License. His CB callsign at...