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Philip Goetz, Ham Radio Hobbyist Wins Award

Date: 04 20 1960
Description: Madison ham radio hobbyist Philip Goetz, age 17, poses with his DX Century Club award from the American Radio Relay League, Inc., for conducting two-way co...
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Two-way Speaker Connects School and Home

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: An East High School English class is shown with the addition of a two-way speaker box connecting homebound student Jerry Novick to his class.
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Madison Explorer Scouts Do Well on Search Test

Date: 02 25 1961
Description: Four Explorer Scouts test a "walkie talkie" and sign in for "emergency duty" in a search test. Left to right: Larry Peterson, Sterling Miller, Dick Sulliva...
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Navy Reservists Train at the Naval Reserve Training Center

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Naval reservists train at the Naval Reserve Training Center at Truax Field. A complete combat information center mockup is maintained at the training cente...
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Ham Operators Direct Disaster Exercise

Date: 10 01 1964
Description: The American Radio Relay League sponsors a communications and rescue drill based on a simulated flood near Verona. 30 workers and 35 mobile communications ...
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Fire Dispatchers Room

Date: 03 09 1965
Description: Dispatcher Sgt. L.E. Odegaard sitting at a switchboard surrounded by newly installed dispatching equipment. Odegaard is on the second floor of No. 3 statio...
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Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Edward C. Waffle, in charge of the tower for the Air Force, is talking with a pilot from the Truax Field control tower by speaking into a handheld radio tr...
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Installation of an Antenna on the City-County Building

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: A steel worker from Milwaukee attaches a rope to be used to pull an antenna into place on a tower on top of the new City-County Building. The antenna is fo...

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