Radio did not begin in the Leek family with me. Radio has been in my family for generations beginning with the 1920's with my grandfather, Alfred Leek. Pop leek lived in Flushing, NY. Listening to Radio broadcast and then writing the radio stations to receive EKKO Stamps or "Verified Reception Stamps." He did this hobby right up to the beginning of World War II when The American Bank Note Company stopped producing EKKO stamps.

In the 1930's My uncle Al, Born Alfred W. Leek Jr. on September 21, 1918 became interested in his Father's hobby but with a slightly different twist. He became an Amateur Radio Operator holding the call W2MWP. My earliest memories include sitting on my uncle's lap while he sent out CQ's and held QSO's from his Northport home.

Uncle Al's QSO card in the mid 1930's
Uncle Al in the Ham Shack with his Halicrafters Sky Champion in 1940	Uncle Al's Ham Shack in the late 1960's