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Amateur radio operator Barry Boothe shares world contacts
Barry Boothe of Joliet builds and operates 500 watt short wave radio gear from his basement. He discusses hobby goals building equipment making contacts and his 4000 to 5000 radio contacts in five years while noting FCC licensing requirements and civil defense role and friendships with operators worldwide.
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Barry Boothe
S. Larkin
Barry
Caterpillar
Joliet
Tex
Tex Benecke
Altho
Arthur Godfrey
Russia
Nikita Krushchev
United States