> > Spare a thought for that historic ham radio moment 80 years ago today,
> when
> > Paul Godley, 2ZE, received the first short wave signals across the
> Atlantic.
> > Don't forget, either, the chance meeting he had on the way over with
> Walt
> > Beverage, 2BML, where he was told about the Beverage antenna - which
> Godley
> > used so sucessfully.
[Steve Katz] Wait a minute. You mean a Beverage antenna isn't one
made of beer cans? Jeesh, no wonder mine doesn't have all the claimed
low-noise virtues. WB2WIK/6
> > One of ARRL's best investments was sending Godley to Europe with his
> superhet
> > receiver. We should be grateful to those far seeing people who ran the
> League
> > at the time.
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Peter G3RZP
> >
> >
> >
>
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