Thursday, June 28, 1979
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Radio enthusiasts tune in world
By RICK JONES
Staff Renarter
Radio waves from all over the world filled the air over Lawrence last weekend as the Douglas Anmateur radio Club made with nearly 2,000 other radio operators.
The group, which was taking part in a national competition sponsored by the American Radio Relay League, set up the first annual Radio Relay Competition at Holocaum Sport Complex. The stations
"We're concentrating on North America, but we've made connections with places like Guam, Iwo Jima and Australia," said Dave Favman, RFD 5.
were equipped with 80-foot antennas,
generators, radio trans-
mitters and receivers.
Many of the approximately 50 radio enthusiasts weathered the chilly, wet weather Saturday night to spend all 24 hours, from 1 p.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, at the stations.
Academic freedom at KU to be discussed at meeting
An ad hoc committee of five KU professors will discuss policy decisions today relating to academic freedom, said T.P. Srinivasan, president of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
The committee, which was formed at last week's AUP meeting, will meet at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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Srinivasan said the committee will discuss the student code provisions and KU administration guidelines for policy on academic freedom.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes submitted an explanation of his policy guidelines on academic freedom in a letter addressed to Srinivasan last week that will be discussed.
"This has been one of the strongest concerns of our group since its inception," he added.
The committee may interview the Chancellor and others involved in an arrest of someone charged with a crime.
Ron Kuby, KU graduate, was arrested and charged with interfering with the duties of a police officer when he refused to take his banner that read, "KU Out of South Africa."
Strinivasan said the AAUP wanted to
make sure the student code was not violated
perhaps suggests an argument
changes in the code's guide
"The intent of the code is to ensure free exercise of rights while maintaining order, rule."
The chancellor, Srivasnaan said, would be contacted if the committee felt there had been any misconduct.
"WE WOULDN'T let a little cool weather stop us," said Blanche Nitz, 1809 Massachusetts St. "This only happens once and I wouldn't dream of leaving early."
The purpose of the competition, according to Jim Petry, 538 Milstone St., was to test the radio operators' proficiency at making calls from other operators, as an emergency exercise.
"We'll come out here to have fun, but the emergency rehearsal is the main thing," he said. "If a stormdestroyed all the power lines in Lawrence, we would be the only people who could make any immediate long-range communication."
Srinivasan said he would not have taken the same action at commencement.
"I do not anticipate any problem in implementing change," he said. "We will work together."
The recent tornados in Wichita Falls, Tex., and in Lawton, Oka., were examples of emergency situations where normal operations could fail, leading to harm operators had made the initial contacts.
IF A TORNADO were to strike, Brann said, the ham operators would be the first to know about it and would immediately broadcast any information they compiled.
"It is a thin line to not stifle freedom—yet prevent interference—but I would have permitted him to hold the banner somewhere in the area."
Travis Brann, civil defense director for Douglas County, said that when a tornado watched occurred, spotters were sent out to 13 buildings to investigate. The stations equipped with radios were set up.
Robert Vaughan, 1103 Highland Drive,
said the process of setting up an operable
radio was not difficult or expensive. He said
he had built some of his own equipment,
including a bicycle-powered generator that
included in the competition at the Holcom
station.
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"IF THERE WERE ever a situation where there wasn't any gas available to run a generator, we would still be able to transmit with the bike," he said. "All it took was a pair of strong legs." Saturday night, sagging ice coasts were picked up, using only lee power.
Vaughan said that a number of different signals such as color television, teletype and facsimile transmissions could be transmitted by short-wave radios.
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The relays league specified that the only signals that could be used in the contest are those received from the server.
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UNLIKE THE station at Wells Overlook, which was set up for the purpose of making as many contacts as possible, the Holcom set up to give novices a chance to operate.
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The amateur radio group in North America to make the most contacts with other stations will win the contest. Results will be published in the December issue of QST, a magazine for amateur radio operators.
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Not many of the local people involved in the contest said they thought the Douglas County Club had a chance to win, but Petry and winning was not the purpose of the contest.
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"A lot of people got training that can be very helpful, he said. "And on top of that, I have a lot of experience."
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