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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1978
Page
10
Eighteen Cedar Rapids Independent Radio Amateurs joined a field day at Dow Dairy Farm to test emergency communications. Operators erected antennas and a 50 foot tower, bounced signals to a satellite, and worked 24 hours starting at 2 p.m. Saturday under ARRL supervision.
Radio clubs from all 50 states and possessions took part in the ARRL field day contest. Operators used dipole antennas and a 50 foot steel tower to simulate emergency conditions while striving for maximum contacts. Conway Southard notes the event as a yardstick for performance and skill, with Cedar Rapids clubs contributing about 1,100 contacts in 24 hours.
Australian expeditions plan three Watut river trips in August along New Guinea’s 100 mile run featuring over 100 rapids. Visits to remote villages provide a view of local life. Cost is $700 for 12 days from Lae with a $250 Sydney Lae air ticket. ON THIS DATE in 1945 Italy declared war on Japan.
Former United Nations official Carl von Horn of Sweden is 75. Irving Shapiro, a noted business executive, reaches his 62nd birthday as the two figures are highlighted in this brief aging note.
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