. QST . property dam-age. T. V. Conroy, A6GQY, of Fortuna immedi-ately established an emergencj^ link with SixthArmy Headquarters and with the Civil Defense Coordinator for Region One, Col. T. circuit was in operation at 2004Z, just eightminutes after the initial shock. Communicationwas maintained continuously until 0215Z on the23rd when it was officially determined thatservices of the Sixth Army Engineers wofildnot be required. A6GQY reports that circuitdiscipline on 4020 and 4025 kc. was excellent. Five days earlier, on 17 December 1951,a radio link was set up between Clovis (
. QST . property dam-age. T. V. Conroy, A6GQY, of Fortuna immedi-ately established an emergencj^ link with SixthArmy Headquarters and with the Civil Defense Coordinator for Region One, Col. T. circuit was in operation at 2004Z, just eightminutes after the initial shock. Communicationwas maintained continuously until 0215Z on the23rd when it was officially determined thatservices of the Sixth Army Engineers wofildnot be required. A6GQY reports that circuitdiscipline on 4020 and 4025 kc. was excellent. Five days earlier, on 17 December 1951,a radio link was set up between Clovis ()Air Force Base and Goose Bay, Labrador, toprovide medical information concerning an air-man who had been bitten by a rabid dog. Sta-tions A5HJF and AA5WSP were instrumental inthis operation. A relay was established betweenGoose Bay Dispensary and the Clovis Air ForceBase Hospital so that additional informationcould be transmitted. The Air Force MARSemergency frequency of 3838 kc. was used. March 1955 45. CorrespondenceFrom Members- The publishers of QST assume no responsibility for statements made herein by eorrespondents. GOLDEN NETWORK Granite City, , QST: The hams in tlxis area did a wonderful job of collectingpledges during the 38-hour telethon for the benefit of Cere-bral Palsy victims. The entire St. Louis, East St. Louis,Granite City, Madison, Venice, Alton area was blanketedby mobile operators who gathered in the gold as it waspledged via land line to several hundred operators at the KeilAuditorium Cerebral Palsy headquarters. About $50,000was pledged and picked up by the mobile hams. W0QDFwas the spark plug who mustered the hams into the driveand created an efficient mobile pick-up network, but justabout every operator in the area deserves credit for havinggiven of his time to make the drive the success that it of fixed stations were involved, all controlled by\V9AIU, the Egyptian Radio Club Headquarters. — Egyptian Radio Club, Inc., W9AIU 21-
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