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In your interesting article on Tesla you mentioned some references. Where? What did you do with them? Owen Thompson, WA4NXA I never thought you'd ask...here they are...ed. Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla, John J . O'Neill, Ives Washburn, Inc. 1944. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential <strong>and</strong> High Freq uency, Nikola Tesla, McGraw-Hill 1904. Nikola Tesla: Lectures, Patents, Articles, NikoJa Tesla Museum, Beograd, Yugoslavia 1956. "Tesla's Oscillator <strong>and</strong> Other Inventions," Thomas Comme<strong>rf</strong>ord Martin, Century, April, 1895. "The Tesla Steam Turbine:" Scientific American, Sept. 30, 19 11. "Nikola Tesla," Kenneth M. Swezey. Science, 16 May, 1958. UMy Inventions," Nikola Tesla, Electrical Experimenter, a series begun February, 1919. " Some Personal Recollecti ons," Nikola Tesla, Scientific American, June 5, 1915. "The Problem ofIncreasing Human Energy," Nikola Tesla, Century, Ma y, 1900. "Nikola Testa- Last of the Pioneers?" Lel<strong>and</strong> L. Anderson, Journal of Engineering Education, June, 1959. It has been a number of years since I have written to you, nevertheless, I buy 73 <strong>and</strong> read de W2NSD/l your editorials beat any o ther Ham Radio magazine on the market from QST to them all. I particularly have enjoyed your excursion around differents part of the globe. especially Europe. I would like to call your attention to January's issue on page 100, European VHF , by Lee Grimes, who is stationed there in Berlin. This article was one of the best I ever read; it was most informative. I am sure that there are thous<strong>and</strong>s of us who enjoyed this article. The Editorial Liberties in the February issue brought some snickers about the ARRL requesting charac ter references from some other Hams in order to renew your license or obtain a Ham license. Your article on Nikola Testa <strong>and</strong> his contribution to electronics was well appreciated; however, I kn ow I will never have the brains to pass th e Extra Class exam. I am satisfied with th e small amount of the frequency b<strong>and</strong> that I'm allowed to operate on. I agree that the incentive deal didn't change the picture one iota as far as I can see. Kenneth Mahoney. K60PG Reference is made to your letter o f 7 February 1969 concerning amateur radio operations from Navassa Isl<strong>and</strong>. Navassa Isl<strong>and</strong> is a small, rocky isl<strong>and</strong> with sheer sides extremely inhospitable in nature. It is uninhabited, lacks any source of potable water, <strong>and</strong> the terrain is rough <strong>and</strong> broken. The only installation on the isl<strong>and</strong> is an automated lighthou se maintained by the Coast Guard. A l<strong>and</strong>ing can o nly be accomplished from a small boat <strong>and</strong> requires scaling a 40 foot Jacobs ladder, which is an especially hazardous undertaking. While we recognize that a well outfitted <strong>and</strong> organized group could reduce the hazards of visiti ng Navassa to some extent, we would not be able to supe rvise the operations proposed to the degree that would be necessary to assure the reasonable safety of the individuals concerned. Since the isl<strong>and</strong> is under the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, BACK ISSUE GUNSMOKE ! 30, count 'em 30 , stupendous tremendous (more h<strong>and</strong>books than magazines) fascinating enormous devastating incredibly enervating back issues of 73 . ONLY $5.00 p ostp ai d w orldwide Yes...yes..• yes...here is a go lden o p p o rt u nit y t o blow y our mind on 30 bac k issues of 73. 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