Amateur OR Ham Radio - Google News for Tuesday 16 December 2014
 

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Carol McGee honored as 2014 Legacy Award Winner - Southgate Amateur Radio
Club

Posted: 16 Dec 2014 01:03 AM PST
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Carol McGee honored as 2014 Legacy Award Winner
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Before presenting the award, Liz Bigley spoke about the "Spirit of Amateur
Radio" and how it is the foundation of what ham radio is today. She told
about the origins of SOAR and how this spirit caused their group to come
into existence. "At SOAR, we ...



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Contesting Hall of Famer Carl D. Cook, AI6V/P49V, SK - ARRL

Posted: 15 Dec 2014 01:03 PM PST
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Contesting Hall of Famer Carl D. Cook, AI6V/P49V, SK
ARRL
On his QRZ.com web page, Cook recounted how he got into Amateur Radio in
the 1970s, when he was 38, after installing an HF radio on his boat. He
began listening on VHF, discovered VHF-UHF contesting, and got his
Technician license, diving in as ...