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' radio club signs •* MYHTIFY MOTORISTS *A series of signs, each bear- * ' ing only three letters meaning- ** less to the uninitiated, probably ** mystified mnny motorists trn- * J versing roaris near the McKean ** Couritv Fair Grounds, East *1 * Smell sport, this week. *H It would be only natural to ** assume that some mysterious, * 4 perhaps ominous, organization • 4 was nctlve in this section. ** The explanation is that the 4 9 McKcan County Amateur Radio 4 ■ Club held a welner roast on 4 4 lofty Prospect Hill Wednesday 4 4 evening. The signs were In 4 4 radio “shorthand” and con- * ” veyed road directions to those •* familiar wLth the code. •The radio “hams can con- • dense a variety of complete sen- •* tences into combinations of ** three letters beginning with a •* Q,” «0 Lloyd Thornton, East Smeth- ** port mdlo expert, demonstrated ■ •his new, portable 5-metcr trans- 1* mltter, Installed in hlg car, at •* the picnic on Prospet HILL •
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McKean County Democrat
Smethport, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jul 14, 1938
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