HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Radio Hams Could Help During A War Emergency BY BEN HOLMAN
Qst! Qst! New York city has been attacked by an atom bomb! This may be the message received over many amateur radio sets in the event of an all-out war. Amateur operators, called hams, will probably present the most convenient means of emergency communication in our civilian defense set-up.
boats would provide mobile stations of contact within stricken cities to other cities. Although amateur radio operations were banned during the last war, they have not been restricted since the Korean war. Indications are that they will be an essential part of the home front in future wars.
The K U. station is WOAHW and operates with two transmitters and receivers plus facilities for practicing Morse code. The average power for these sets is 100 watts.
The signal QST is known to the more than 2,000 hams in the nation as "calling all amateurs." Among them are Bob Hope, Tex Beneke, and Amos of the Amos and Andy comedy team. University ham operators use the number 30.
In the radio operating room in the electrical engineering laboratory is a large map of the world dotted with pins. These pins denote places which have been contacted by the K.U. amateurs. Among these are Russia, Alaska, Germany, Tibet, South America, China, New Zealand, and Australia.
Sets in automobiles, trains and $ \textcircled{8} $
Messages are sent universally in English. Usually the conversation consists of telling the strength of radio reception, weather conditions, and other information on transmission. Political discussion is by custom taboo.
Some contacts are personal in ham terms QSO. Right after the last war this was a popular method of sending messages to service men overseas.
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A student may have a message sent to his home town by contacting Heaton. Communication is restricted to certain countries, The Iron Curtain countries are restricted.
There have been complaints that Aam sets interfere with television reception. Amateurs acknowledge this interference and are trying to remedy the situation. In their experimentation hams often make discoveries which prove helpful to regular broadcasting.
The K. U. club was re-organized in February, 1947, and was licensed in the fall of that year. To become an amateur, a person must be able
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Representatives of International Business Machine corporation will interview June and August graduates in electrical and mechanical engineering Friday. Movies will be shown at a group meeting in 101 Snow hall between 8 and 9 a.m. Friday.
Two agents from the Radio Corporation of America will interview electrical, mechanical, chemical, and industrial engineers and chemists and physicists on Tuesday. Feb. 20, and Wednesday, Feb. 21. A group meeting will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
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