My first amateur radio license was issued in 1956 with the call sign KN9IDU.  I upgraded in 1957 to General Class and my call was changed to K9IDU.  In those days the "N" was for Novice and you dropped the "N" when you passed your General exam.  I was licensed in the 70's in Iowa as W0PUL and when I moved to the state of Georgia I received N4OJW before upgrading to Extra Class and choosing the extra class call W9VJ.

My transceiver is a Kenwood TS-2000 which I very much enjoy using.  My antenna is a Mosley TA-34XL tribander at a height of 62 feet (20 meters).  For 12, 17, 30, 40, 80 and 160 I'm using a B&W BWD90 (180 ft of wire) Folded Dipole supported at the 50 ft level on my tower.  I'm quite impressed with how well it performs and how broad banded it is. (Antenna picture below.)

Mosley TA34XL for 20, 15 and 10 at 62 feet.
B&W Folded Dipole for 80, 40, 30, 17 and 12 supported at the 50 ft level.