[Boatanchors] Operation Deep Freeze & Amateur Radio Phone Patches

[Dave Merrill]

Thanks Pete for the additional info. There's always more to the story. Did
they use 15 or 20 meters for most of the QSOs?

The photo of Julius on the tower makes my feet sweat.

Dave N9ZC

On Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 12:10 PM <manualman at juno.com> wrote:

> Here is where the U.S. amateur radio connection was:
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> https://tinyurl.com/muhn79sz
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> The Sky Needle tower is still standing in these pictures.
> I knew both brothers and visited the location. I lived in Rahway, NJ
> about 1.5 miles from them as the crow flies.
> Younger brother, John, tried for many months every day to make the first
> Antarctica 6 meter contact. He never did. He also got into vintage
> amateur radio equipment at his location in Hawaii and had ordered several
> manuals from me.
>
> Here's a picture of Julius (older brother and inventor of EZ-Pass) doing
> some antenna work up on the Sky Needle:
> https://tinyurl.com/bdzahjm7
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
> www.manualman.com
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> On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 12:02:21 -0500 Dave Merrill <r390a.urr at gmail.com>
> writes:
> > I've been watching The History Guy's YouTube channel and thought
> > others
> > might find this one interesting:
> >
> > https://youtu.be/uaTm_LUifUI
> >
> > Dave N9ZC
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>