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Uil billBeing a ham operator is a hobby, with Reedy,, who-earns his living by repairing stringed instruments, playing the lead guitar with Jerry Kelley and ^kers cpmbo, and playing vi rhyinm guitar and singing in his own combo. The Swinging Strings.Mostly, Reedy’ indulges in his hobby in the after-midnight, early-morning hours. He .has a buddy, CJiff Cox, who just got his license with station call Jet ters of WB9FDS, with whom, he compares notes on his communications with other ham operators.4+4 • • ■.Reedy has a good supply offine equipment for his hobby, which he has enjoyed for the past 12 years. He is continually adding to his radio supplies and tapes his log on a easette recorder. Every amateur radio operator.-is required by federal law to keep a log. His logs are filed in a cabinet.He repairs his own radio equipment.In the peak of the sun .spot cycle every 1.1 years, an am-sjx-meter and 40-meter CW.Two of the most 'exciting • times the’ hobbyist had on theair. were when he helped with the Palm Sunday tornado, in Indiana aind with, the Alaskan earthquake several years ago.+ + +Reedy, has made close friends both in his radio work and In j his musical work. He plays Wednesday, Thursday and: Fri-nighis and Saturday mornings and afternoons with Jerry Kelley. and Saturday nights a n d Sundays with his own combo Both combos provide entertainment for dances and parties, land, occasionally, a,t night clubs. • . v The hobbyist has light and dark perception but ’ otherwise is blind, He reads braille. Freight years he attended elementary. school at tihe Indiana School for the Blind in Indianapolis, and he . was graduated from State High School in 1967, the second blind person to attend public school in Terre Haute. Ever since his. graduar tion from high school, he has earned his own living with his
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Terre Haute Star
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 13, 1972
Page 11
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