Medford mail tribune., August 18, 1957, Image 17

MedforiwjTeibune
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1957
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Thousands of men and women who are amateur radio operators, or hams,
derive a double pleasure from the hobby; it provides satisfying recreation
and is also a vital means of communication during disasters and emer
gencies. R. D. Church, W7HP0, 301 Hamilton street (standing) and Victor
Milnes, W7CRN, 15 North Groveland avenue, are two of the county's better
known hams. The two, both long-time operators, are shown here enjoying
an evening of "rag chewing" with fellow hams.
Radio Hams
Dwight Albright, W7HLF, 1654 Orchard Home drive, head of the Jackson
County Civil Defense communications center net, is shown here using a
portable transmitter and receiver. Mr. Albright aided in the search when
three members of the Frank Morgan family were recently missing for
several hours in the Butte Falls area. Eight main bands of -broadcasting
are available to amateurs; operators in the northwestern states are all
- assigned the "W7" call letters. :
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Charles Thursion Jr., W7BEG, 1641 Ridgeway avenue, is shown here on
his modern radio tower adjusting the beam antenna, which can be aimed '
to send signals to any part of the world. A forrger senior forest ranger, ' ,
with the U.S. Forest service who saw duty both at Mt. Baker and Mt. Hood M
National forests. Mr. Thurston has been active in amateur radio since 1929. ,
He is both an amateur and a commercial radioman. Page pictures made ,
: by Kenn Knackstedf, himself a ham operator.
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Everett Cuffell, W7VPH, 909 North Central avenue, here tunes rhe receiver of his com
pact mobile station. This unit draws its power from the car battery, and is ready for
immediate use should a disaster disable electrical facilities. Mr. Cuffell has been inter
ested in radio since 1907 and has an official experimental station certificate; he de
signs and builds much of his own equipment. He is a member of MARS, Military Af
filiate Radio system, a system of amateur radio operators using their own equipment
on military channels to form a link with the military radio network.
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Del Wright, W7ISP, 513 South Keeneway drive, dem
onstrates how not to test the output of d transmitter
by drawing an arc on the coil of the ant'ertria tuner.
This ham is active in the civil defense network, be
longs to MARS, RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emer
gency Service) and has a public service award for
helping during the Siskyou forest fire emergency
1 in 1955.
Earl Casebolt, W7VII, 738 West Eleventh street, is president of Rogue Valley Amateur
Radio club. Active since 1954, Mr. Casebolt is a member of MARS, RACES and the
Oregon Emergency Net, known as OEN. His station is used as the- base station, for -mobiles.
Hams use a language all their own and their conversation is full of side
bands, rigs, exciters, QSLs, QSOs, band hopping, phone patches and other words and
phrases which mean nothing to the "unitiated. Mr. Casebolt has a large stack of QSL';.
cards from all over the United States which acknowledge contacts made with other hams.
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Two' operators often heard on the air are Robert L. "Bud" Larson, W7LNG, (at back) and Herb Grey Jr., W7MMI,
307 Mae street. The two men are shown in the letter's tiny "ham shack" adjoining his garage. Mr. Larson, who
holds a public service award for volunteer work during the 1955 forest fire emergency, also belongs to MARS.
Mr. Grey, like many other hams, became interested in radio as a boy, later attended a professional, school of
radio and electronics and now works for the California Oregon Power company in radio maintenance. Here he
is checking ihe voltage on a single side band exciter.
Charles Thurston, who has his equipment set up on the sun porch of his home, recently added teletype equip
ment to his amateur station. Mr. Thurston has been receiving teletype messages via amateur radio, and is in the
testing stage on sending. A strong believer in maintaining efficient emergency system to use in case of natural
disasters or for civil defense purposes, Mr. Thurston is active in MARS and belongs to Rogue Valley Amateur
Radio club. His' rig not only includes the elaborate radio receiving and transmission and teletype equipment, but
a sizeable coffee pot and supplies for Mr. Thurston's ever-present pipe. (All photos by Kenn Knackstedt W70VO)