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are beams for 10 and 20
meters. Hary rates EP3-
AM, Iran,
on SSB and
KC4USM, Antarctica,
on CW
as his best catches,
by
the way.
Vic Muscat,
WAIGWS,
Sherman
Ave.,
Greenwich,
Conn. 06830, reports that the
East
Coast Teen -age
Traffic Net meets Monday
through Saturday at
2200 GMT
on 7240
kHz Joseph H.
Nicolosi,
WN8B-
ME, 6870 Rushton Dr..
Dayton,
Ohio
45431, finds
that
studying Electrical Engineering
at the Uni-
versity of
Dayton
severely
limits
his
time on the air.
Nevertheless, he has worked 13 states
and Canada
on 80
meters
using
a
Knight
-Kit
T -60
transmitter
and
R -55A
receiver. Joe says that he has learned
that
listening -not
transmitting -is
the
key
to
working
DX. He further
observes
that
Ham radio
is
a
fraternity, rather than
a hobby, which is
why
they have more
fun
than
people
in any other
hob-
by. . .James Humphrey, WB6TRK,
1656 E.
33rd
St.,
Los Angeles, Calif.
90011,
covers
the states
on
40
meters with
the
20
-watt transmitter from his Na-
tional Radio
Institute radio
course
exciting an
end -fed wire.
He
receives on a 20- year -old Nation-
al NC -125 receiver. Before
getting on the air, Jim
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Art Erickson,
W1NF, Beverly,
Mass.,
is one of the
stalwarts of the "Intruder
Watch" described in
our
December
column.
In
addition,
he really puts
out a
"big"
signal
on most of the SSB and CW
ham
bands.
was a CW SWL
and really "shook up"
Novices
when
he sent
them SWL cards; they never knew
that SWL's ever
listened
to CW stations. (Al-
though
rare in
the
United States,
CW SWL'ing is
quite common
in other
parts
of the world- behind
the
"iron
curtain," especially.) .
Jackie Reece,
WNOVLT, Rural Route
#4, Cameron,
Mo.
64429, has
30 states and two Canadian
provinces
confirmed of
the
36
and
three worked, respectively. In reverse
order
of
their
importance, Jackie uses
a Globe
Scout 350
-A transmitter, dipole antenna, and La-
fayette 11E
-80 receiver
...
Thanks to Ray Meyers,
W6MLZ,
for
the
nice mention he
gave the
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Los
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amateur radio
column.
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