During my school days in India many many years ago, I cleared the Ham Radio Licensing exam. I did not get a license though, as I was underage. Then I lost interest.
The institute which facilitated my Ham Radio exam had a QSL code of VU2FSM at that time. Maybe they still has the same code.
Welcome from Maryland. I traveled the NY Thruway quite a bit in the past 20 years, spend some time in and around Saugerties. (had a restaurant in the Ulster Travel Plaza)