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Aberdeen Society -- Keeping the Spirit of the Radio Alive for 70 Years:

Posted: 04 Sep 2016 05:36 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37490


A north-east club dedicated to keeping the spirit of the radio alive will
celebrate its 70th anniversary at a special dinner next weekend. Founded in
the aftermath of World War II, the Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society (AARS)
has made contact with hundreds of groups of radio technology aficionados
from across the globe. And despite the advent of the digital technology
completely changing the face of electronic communication, the
organisation's 55 members from across the north-east still meet every week.
Club president Ian Fraser said: "We've operated out of so many places
around Aberdeen that it's hard to remember them all. "At one point we were
transmitting out of a pigeon loft -- the founding members met wherever they
could find a premises.


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Tuesday on Amateur Radio Roundtable:

Posted: 04 Sep 2016 03:05 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37489


On Tuesday's Amateur Radio Roundtable, our
guest will be Chip Margelli, K7JA. Chip is
known to many of our viewers from his
renowned appearance on The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno, in which Chip and his
partner demonstrated the superior
efficiency of CW as compared to text
messaging.