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RADIO STATIONSKay Banning, High School nt, Makes Debut As Stude of Journalism In This IssueFOUR ACTIVE STATIONSAn Article That Gives Intimate Story of Local Short Wave Radio Stations and Their Operation*By Jules Kay Banning Many people may not know that Brookfield has its broadcasting sta- j1 tions, just as other cities have theirs, j The local stations are short wave and do not sponsor any regular feature, such as dance orchestras, nor are they connected with any large network, like the National Broadcasting company.To secure an amateur radio license, one must pass a test given by some branch office of the Federal Communications Commission. Be must be able to send and receive at the rate of at least thirteen five-letter wordls peir I minute and to be able to answer ten j questions concerning radio theory.At present there are four active stations. They are W9VGB, WHLBA,W9HRE and W9ZNO. Formerly, at different times, there were in operationStations W9BTG. W9BMN and VMJKCJ R. Bowers, Jr., operated Station W9RTA. He later went to Chicago and took a course in radio at the R. C. A.Institute. Soon after being graduated | froip R. C. A., he was employed as j racfio operator aboard a steamship Later he was transferred to the ship City of Birmingham, which plied between New York and Mexico. He is now employed in the radio department of the Missouri State Highway ^Patrol.Francis Neff, who formerly resided in Brookfield, but now lives in Chicago, operated Station W3HMN. He used a homemade receiver and transmitter. He contacted stations all over the world. According to Mr Neff, his farthest point of contact is a town in New Zealand, approximately one-hallithe distance around the world. jRoy “Tubby” Ward, while living in i Uhion City, . Tennessee, operatedtion W4CZV. When he moved to Brookfield his call letters were changed to W9UKC. He used a homemadetransmitter and a commercially made receiver. He now lives in St. Louis and operates Station W9LTKC from | thereOf the operators of the now active Stations, Frederick “Tubby” Edwards, who did not reside in Brookfield at the time, secured his first license in 1919. His call letters were 9CTH. His transmitter worked on the spark gap system. His license was issued by the Navy Department, which had control of all short wave radio operations at the time. Their headquarters were in Chicago. The test one was required to pass in order to receive a license then was quite different from the one required today. Mr. Edwards’ license expired in 1923, and he did not secure another until 1935. Between 1923 and 1935 the spark gap system was abandoned and a new system started. New licenses were issued by the Federal Communications Commission at Washington, D. C., who had taken over the work from the Navy Department. The new license had the letter W preceding the numeral and call letters. Mr. Edwards’ present call let-, ters are W3BGH. He uses a home-! made transmitter and a commercially made receiver. He operates on 160, 75 and 20 meter phone bands. According to Mr Edwards, he has contacted Canada, Mexico. Honolulu, and all of the states of the United States. He(Continued on Page 2)
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Brookfield Bosworth Sentinel
Brookfield, Missouri, US
Wed, Mar 02, 1938
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