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The postman always keys twice.According to Hardy, DL1VDL, the postmanusually signs SOS to indicate that mail has arrived(good news or bad!). Ham visitors prefer tosend their call signs with the old Russian key.Hardy received this unusual doorbell in 1999as a gift from his friend Rico, DF2CK.He says the neighbors still can’t resistgiving him a “buzz.”Scenic station locations don’t get much better thanthis. Mel, KC7IJ, in Ashton, Idaho has the pleasure ofwaking up to this spectacular view of the Grand Tetonmountains. Mel is active on 50 and 144 MHz and especiallyenjoys VHF contesting and 6-meter DX hunting.His tower supports a 6-element 6-meter Yagi, an 18-element 2-meter Yagi and an HF triband beam.“Air Johnson”, WB6KOE, is in the air and on the air.Harry enjoys operating 2-meter FM simplex from hisPiper Tri-Pacer.KATHY TROTTER20 May 2000Start ‘em young! Mark Trotter, age 17 months, tentatively taps thekey while sitting in the lap of his father Paul, AA4ZZ, at W4BFB, theAmateur Radio station at the Discovery Place science museum inCharlotte, North Carolina.
Amateur Radio is hot in Sweden—even in the dead of winter.Teemu, SM0WKA, clawed his way to the rooftop of the Botkyrka RadioAmateurs Club station, SK0HB, to knock off some of the ice thatwas encrusting their HyGain TH3 antenna.All the hits, all the time! Has QST expandedto broadcast media? Not yet. Bob,W1YRC/5 grabbed this shot outside theWQST studios in Forest, Mississippi.A spectacular view from a hotel balcony, a picturesque village anda vertical antenna in salt water. Is this paradise? No, it’s Belize, a DXdestination many hams can afford. See “DXing on a Shoestring” byRoger Sullivan, WA0ETE, and Hugh Tinley, K0GHK, in this issue.May 2000 21
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