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Must have been an Atlas 210. I worked a Field Day event using a
friends's Atlas that had been equipped with a braille dial so you
could pretty easily read the frequency, Jim WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]
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Date sent: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:26:25 -0700
Subject: VP8 Falkland Islands
I have worked the Falklands many times over the years and well
remember the
war England got into with Lu, Argentina, that resulted in a lot
of deaths
for no reason other than Argentina said the islands belonged to
them. A ham
had one of the first solid state rigs, what was it called, the
number was
210 but I can't recall the company name. Anyhow, he sneaked
around from
house to house, setting up a temporary antenna, and kept the
British
informed of ground troop movements and all. I think I read about
that back
in the days World Radio News was still being published. I'd sure
hate to be
down there in that type of weather right now. None of the
expeditions have
got to be easy even in nice weather.
Phil.
K0NX
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