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They fueled my imagination fo r new gadgets and encouraged me to learn more about radio and electronics, w hich led to a career as an engmeer, Tompkins, a pro lific wri ter o f westerns and screenpla ys, produced three ham radio novels in the 1960's, ai med at teenage and pre-teen boys. After a twenty-year hiat us, he came back to ham radi o as a subject and wrote three more Tommy Rockford novels in the four years before his death in Novembe r 1988 . He is missed. bu t o thers ha ve ta ken up his effort 10 promote ham radio throu gh advent ure stories. Today 's best-k nown ham radio novelist is Cynthia Wall KA71TI. She writes from a much different perspective tha n Tompk ins. Unlike th e a thl etic , technicall y inc lin ed Tommy Rockford. w ho seem ing ly spe nt 24 ho urs a day be ing a ham, C indy 's lcad character is Kim Stafford KA7SJP. a teenage girl for whom ham radio is j ust one part of a we ll-rounded life. You would expect that such a heroine would appeal primari ly to girls Kim's age and younger. Ind eed, that was C indy 's intended audi ence , but her stories have much wider appeal. Several adult male ham s have told me that o nce started, they had to stay up into the wee ho urs to fini sh reading Wall's books. Wi th ca reful research and atte ntio n to de tai ls, Cindy has produced fou r ham radio thrillers for ARRL. Nighr Signals, her first book, is the on ly one that inc ludes RD E Published in 1990, it tells how Kim and ham radio come to the aid of her new friend Marc Lawrence KA71TR when he is inj ured o n a solo hik ing trip high in the Cascades. But my favorite is her second boo k., /lostage In The Woods. If yo u read Chapter 3 and the A utho r' s Note, you' ll see wh y. The Foxhunt Adventure A noth er wr iter fo llo wing Walker Tompkins' legacy is Dave Casler KF.00G, author of The Foxhunt Adventure, published by MFJ Publishing. wriuen for you ng read ers, it is a story o f four youth anending high sc hool and working in a pizza parlor in Louisville, Colorado, a town near Boulder. Illegal drugs are appearing o n the campus and Ben Thompson KE00G hears something very unusual in his hamshack that might help idcntify the source . The next few days arc fill ed with da nger and intrigue. Ben and his pizzeria coworkers learn important lesso ns about ham radio technology and human interaction. O ne begins wo rkin g toward her ham rad io license. Her in terest in improving her German by talking to DL hams and her attraction to Ben give her a dual incentive to study. Later, he r buddi ng knowledge o f C W becomes vitally im portant as the story unfo lds. Dave C asler learned about radio in his c h ild ho o d wh en h is aunt g a ve h im a Hallicrafters shortwave rec..c ivcr. This interest led him to serve as an electronic systems officer in the US Air Force, and to get an advanced degree in electrical engi nee ring. Today he is an engi neer in aerospace. " Like you, I got into ham radio because o f the Walker Tompkins books," he told me. " I always wanted to do some thing similar to that, but never thought I could until I sa w Cynthia Wall's fi rst book. [read that and said ' Gee, I can do this.' And I pu t an outline together:' Casle r drew on his 'f-hu nting experiences at Bri gham Young University 10 complete his tal e of high school ham adventure. " I' d been interested in ham radio for years. but it wasn't until I was in cortege that I did something about it," he says. 'The clu b I was in had a 101 of 'l-hums. We thoroug hly enj oyed them. I thought they were the greatest thing." The Tompkins and Wall books are readily available in paperback from ham radio oealers, in addition to direct mail from ARRL.2 C indy Wall often goes 10 ham conventions and is invited to give talks in Oregon schools about ham radio and writing. O n the ot her hand, Ca sler's book has not been promoted by its publisher. You probab ly can' t find it in ham stores, hut it's available by mail order from MFJ. Stoc k number is MFJ-3101.1t is also available on the Wcb from Barnes and Noble.' So if it's lime to get a b irthday present for a g ra ndc hild . niece , nephew, or any o ther you ng person who s ho uld learn more about ham radio , con sider o ne o r more o f th e Wall, Tompkins and Casler book s . If i t ' s fo r an ad ult, c o nsi d e r Rebecca Gruenncr's hook . But be sure to do your shop ping early, so yo u' ll have the m in time 10 read yourself! Notes I. ISBN 1-40 I0-4935-4 fo r paperback. 14010-4937·0 for e-book. On the Web at (www.xlibri s.comffheFox .htmIJ. 2. On the Web at (hllp:/Iwww.arrJ.org/ ca talog/] in the History and Adve nture section. 3. ISBN 1·891 2·3708-X fo r paperback. On the Web at [www.mfjcntcrprises .com] and [ www.barnesandnoble.com] . fa O ne o f thc most basic problems tha t needs to he so lved is to get a fe w billion people jobs that pay more than a dollar a day. They need to be able to feed their fam ilies and haw a place to live. I don't have one magic bu llet for this. but I do see several ways the U.S . can ge t the hall ro lling ... and do very well rolling it. Hey. eve ryone has to bene fi t, right'! What I di scovered d uring my visit to X cw C aledo nia was a s neaky way to stop peo ple from fi ghting . My vis it to Si ngapore sho wed me how to get a baskcr-cuse economy into high gear in fairly sho rt order. And my visit to Yugoslavia clued me in on anot her road to peace. Basically. what I propo..c our doi ng is gett ing the people in T hird World co untries to become consumers ... makin g things and selling. them . This could work for us big-t ime in Afgha nistan. where we screwed up beyo nd all recogni tion afte r we he lped the Afghan is defeat the Russians. Even worse. the experts predi cted exactl y what would happen that led to the Taliban tak ing over. I wrote about it at the time . Having s pe nt a co up le week s in Afgha nistan (YA IN SD). I have a fair un f-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I derstand ing of the co untry. The country is strategically loc ated fo r an o il pipe line from the C rimean oil reNEU ER SAY DIE serves to the Ind ian Ocean. which is cOfltlll uedjrom pag e <1 wh at most of the fight ing has been about . For that matter, the 9/1 1 anuc k V i ~i t New Ham psh ire provided a beautiful opportunit y for us to Thi s could be the last time youI l haw get contro l of Afghanistan. Bush couldn't an opportunity to sec one of the world' s have asked fur a bet ter excuse. As an aside. I'm sure anxious for most magical fall leaf di...plays . Drive up for a few da ys in early Oc to ber. O r fl y someone to come alon g and market into M anchester and rent a car. Z ip on up some cold fusion-powered products MJ 1-93 to Fran conia Notc h and take a ride we can sta rt putting the oil, coal. natural o n the Tramway, visit The Flume, and ga.., and power companies o ut of bu..[, the Foo l Basin . Stop by C lark's Trading ness. It' s going to happen ev en tuall y, Post and put a qu arter in an o ld music and weI l see a ne w tri llion-doll ar indu stry spring ing up. It 's about ti me we put machi ne. Saud i A rabia o ut of business. And Iraq, Iran, and a few ot her oil producers. ReWa gin g Pea ce member that it was the Saudis who gave wen. it's about lime. isn"t it? We ' ve us 9/1 1. and who spawned and funded been waging war a fter war aft er wa r. hin Laden. W\VIL the Cold War, the Korean war, Having publis hed scien tific papers by Vietnam (including Cambodia). Soma- some of the world' s leading physici sts. lia, Bosnia. Pa nama, Haiti. Grenada, plus all of the patents so far issued in the Guatemala. the G ulf War. Afghanistan. fiel d. I know what's going o n and the the war o n povert y, the war on drugs ... players in the cold fusio n fi eld . yo u fill out the list. Now we ' re facing So what' s step one in waging peace? another wit h Iraq. wh ich could escalate The hams in New Caled onia e xplained into Syria and Iran. plu s a few ot he r that whe n the French arrived there the Moslem countries. native tribe s had been at war with each Is there any so lution to this whole other for hund red.... of ye ars. Instead o f mess? Of co urse there is. or I wouldn' t goin g in and kill ing ' ern. the French set have broug ht it up. up T V stations . T he nat ives had to stop As Stan wo uld say. "A nice mess fighting long enough to get jobs so they you've gotten us into, O llie ," could buy a TV set for their families. One way tu so lve problem s is to loo k Then the y had to keep on working " 0 for p laces where similar problem s have been solved befo re. Con reuzed V II lX1ge 61 _ _ ___ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -! CPR for Your ARC rontil1uedJrom page 52 have a beautiful cluh station with two H F rig s and computer interfaces that must he used. The nex t e ve nt that I had was to start a me mbersh ip cam paig n with both word-o f- mouth and le tters . T he hardes t work was putting together a Recru itment Brochure . T he brochure promotes the hobby and c1uh in gene ral. The hrochu re a llows the info rmatio n to be uvailahle at the many pub lic build ings. It a llows for the genera l public to get educated abo ut ham rad io . Another activity we arc currently wo rk ing o n is a prese ntation to be made at schoo ls and p ubl ic gathering s (fairs , open houses.Hbrarics. e tc .). The pre sentatio n is being put togethe r as a Powctl'oint filc so that anyone can run th ro ugh it for a grou p . T h is prese ntation covers live main aspects o f the hobby: Introduction to Amateur Rad io W hat is H F'! W hat is a Repeater? VHt-WHF Operations and Emergency Comm unications Tower Safe ty T he p lan is to ad d mo re presentations as time goes o n - it was fell that these were a good starl ing point. O K. we have ac comp lis he d ( for the most part) an attitu de change and a leadership change. b ut what about the ne w b lood ? Well . that wi ll come w ith time , a nd it has only been live mon ths. I feel as if it will ta ke a good year to get thi s program in full swing. The success we have had has gene rated enough interest for the c lub to be ab le to o ffer a free Tech nician L icense Class in the fa ll. We have a lot o f work ahead of us, but I feci that the rea l hard wor k is now behi nd us. Now is the time to make sure the com munity knows about us. and we are pu tting on as m any de mos. specia l e ve nt s tatio ns, and presentations \....e arc able to. I cannot and will not take any credit for the clu b bei ng where it is tod ay. It took a lot of hard wor k by many membcrs to ach ie ve . Many thanks to atl the clu b members who have p arti cipated and helped expand the ideas that I have had . O ur wi ves s till wonder why mee tings last till after I I p .m. some nights . Have I learn ed a ny thi ng '? I lell . YES . I learned that you can have some o f the briehtest. mo st eager; a nd mos t wi lling people around. b ut witho ut leadersh ip or someone to ta ke charge, nothing rea lly e ver docs get done. Please vis it our Web s ite for more inp lease for mation about our cl ub vis it [ww w.qsl .net/w8cci ). Fa - - 73 Amateur Radio Today . October 2002 59 PHOPHGHTION Jim Gray II 2 10 East Chateau Cir. Payson AZ 85541 [akdhc2pilot @yahoo.com j Solar Flares Sol ar activity will be at moderate to jo w l evels early in rh e m onth, with a nice run of Good (G) propagation days exp ected fro m the Sih thro ugh 9th. Se ver al Fai r IF) d ays arc likely to precede and follow this period, so all in all we should see prelly decent DXing conditions [or about a n . .o -wcek stretch. The second half of October looks like it will he pretty dismal. however, with only one Good (G ) day and three Fair-to-Good EASTERN UNITED STATES TO: (F-G ) listed o n the calendar. The l -t th through 19th is likely (0 have numerous moderate narcs, causing frequ en t ionospheric disturbances. The last four days of the month show a pote ntial for so me of the largest so lar events of 200 2, so look fo r several C MEs and/or Xcclass flares. They co uld prod uce a large proton event between the 28th and 3 1st if any of them arc Earth-di rected . T he positi ve side of this is that spectac ular auroral d isplays are likely to be visib le across Canada and the northern U.S . Fo llowing behind the equinox. that occ urred last month, seaso nal effects w ill co nti nue to he at thei r m ost favo rab le . Not withstanding the daily forecast mentioned abo ve . th is time of year histcrically favors us w ith Good to Excellent propagatio n on 10 . 15. and 20 meters d uring the day. Fai r to Good conditions on 20, 30. and 40 meters at night. a nd Fair conditions o n 80 and 160 meters. a lso at nigh t. The lower D and E laye rs o f the iono sphere are now le ss stro ngly ionized during the day and will quickly di sap pear afte r sunset. giv ing us stro nger signals and more stable ski p across the hoard. H urricanes between the Tropic s o f Cancer and Capricorn will still be around. though, causing some trou ble on the lowest frequencies. bu t con tinentalthunderstorms will ha ve all but left us except fo r the occasional d istu rbance along the G ulf coast. As mentioned earlie r in this art icl e, X -cl ass flares may occ ur around the end o f the month. The se are the strongest nares o n the "alphabet so up" sca le that also incl udes the B. C. and M classe s. Some fol ks are a bit ske tchy abo ut what a ll th is is about. so here is a bri ef explanation . Each step up in ctass rc presems a successive order of magnitude, which means that each class is ten times stronge r than the one he low it. 'I hercforc. an Xctass fl are is aro und a thousa nd I MON I TUE 1 F WED 2 F THU 3 F FRI 4 F SAT 5 G 7 G 8 G , G 10 F 11 F 12 F-G 13 F-G 14 F-P 15 F-P 16 F-P 17F 18 F-P 19 F-P 20 F-G 21F 22F 23 F-G 24 F-G 2S G 20F 27 F·P 28 P 29 P 30 VP 31 VP I' VG 60 73 Amateur Radio Today . 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" '0/12 1 2!' ~ , ~, ,~ , ,,~ , ~ , 121' $ 'm' ,~, ,~, 'm, WESTERN UNITED STATES TO: , ~ , 10'12 '2r.~ ,m, 'W ,,~ 'w ,,~ ,,~ ,,~ - ,~, ,,~ ,~, l7!;lO ,,~ " I ~- October 2002 SUN I mF~ 1_ __ ! ,, ~ ,,~ zn " eo 10/12 ,, ~ ,~, 'M' ,~ , ,~, ,m. ,,~ ,m, ,,~ ,,~ ,~, ,~, ,,~ 1&'1 2 10112 10/12 1G'" 12115 l S1l l , ~ , ,,~ ,,~ ,~ , l rotH ,, ~ ,,~ 11.'20 ,~, , ~ , ~ ~ -- 'w ~ »~ ~ ,m, " >211 5 ,,~ ,,~ ,~ , " 'w ,,~ ,,~ ,m, eo ,, ~ - , ~, 'M' ,~, ,, ~ ,,~ ,,~ ,~, 1/.'ro 12/15 '2-'1$ 'W 10'12 'm, 15<11 U~ Table 1. Band. time. e01l1l1tJ" chart. Plain numerals indicate bonds " hiell sl11mld be worl.:nble 011 Fair to Good (F-G) and Good (G) days. Numbers ill parentheses indicate bands uSl/ally workn hle 0 /1 Good (GJ slays 0111): Dual numbers indicate that the intervening bands should also be usable. When one 1l/1I11ber appears ill parentheses. that end of the range wili probably be open 0 11 Good (G) davs 0111): times more explosive than a paltry B-c1ass fl are ! A I.~o , within each class. there arc ni ne subdivisions (numbered 1-9) delineating further gradations in flare stre ngth. so a C5 fl are is 1.5 times stronger than a C l. The lower category flares, the Bs and low Cs, occur almost eve ry day and barely garner any attention. The Xcflarcs occur only a few times each year and are major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts or long- lasting radiation storms. The large flare s of July 20th and 23rd this year caused widespread R3 (strong) radio blackouts as well as hazanlous conditions. for the power transmission. pipeline, airline. and space industries. For more information on the eftccts of solar flares see the "User Groups" at I http ://www.sec.noaa.go v/SWNli ndex . skip can range from 500 miles during the day up to about 2, I 00 miles at night. 30 and 40 meters Good worldwide DX opport unities can be found between sunset and sunrise, particularly into the southern hemisphere. Central and South America will be your mainstays, but Europe and the South Pacific will have their moments in the limelight. west-coasters will probably have trouble with Europe but c an make up for it by worki ng the South Pacific. Australia. and Indonesia. Skip disranees can be from 750 miles to over 2,(0) miles at night. but are limited to under I ,(xx) miles during the day. 80 and 160 meters html] . Until next time. Happy Halloween and 73! Band-by-Band Summary 10 and 12 meter s Agai n, mueh of the globe should be workable during daylight hours. For best results, work from cas t to west a s thc day progresses.Try Europe before noon. Africa and the Middle East shortly after noon. and Ce ntral or South America after that. Late in the day you should pick up the South Pacific and other areas of the so uthern hemisphere for a few hours, but signals. will fade quickly after sunset. Check the morning and e vening gray-li ne paths ove r the pole s for contacts in Asia. Dayti me short-skip operate overdistances between 1.000 and 2.(1(0 miles. 15 and 17 meters Excellent worl dwide openings. are likel y to be available with the best opportunities in the southern hemisphere. Europe will peak before noon. but most other areas don' t begin to open up until after mid-day. The best sig nals will still he from Ce ntra l and South America. but strong openi ngs can be found 10 both Africa and the South Pacific. Short skip will typically range from 1,000 10 2,000 miles. 20 meters Good DX can be expected all day, from sunrise through the evening hours. Peak periods will he shortly after sunrise . again in the late afte rnoo n, and someti mes in the early evening. West and Central Afri ca can provide unusually strong signals at this time of year. so try to fill in some of the countries missing from your OX log. The same is true for the South Pacifi c and Asia. Short These bands are finally coming into season with decent worldwide DXing available from sunset through sunrise. Tropical storms may still limit activity here. hut when they subside some strong European signals can be heard from the Ea st Coast. and strong South Pacific or New Ze aland stations can be picket! up fr om the West Coast. Short skip will vary from less than l ,(XX) miles in the daytime 10 over 2.(XJO miles at night. fa i-- - -- - - - -- - -- - - ---1 NEUER SRY DIE contilluedJrom page 5 9 they could buy the stuIT being advertised o n TV. And that was the end of the tribal warfare. So let's set up TV statio ns aro und Afgha nistan and start broadcasting. That'll take a lot of steam out of the warlords as their recruits quit to get jobs. What jobs'! rl l explain that. too. One way to ge nerate jobs is to encourage e ntrepreneurialism. This has worked o ut fabulously in India where there are groups providing micro-loans to people so they can start their o wn businesses. Warning'! We're all aware of the co llapse of investments. First savings and loans, [hen c-companics. and now Enron, WorldCorn. et al. The Wilshire 51XlO, which tracks every publicly traded U.S. company, hit its peak in March 2000. Since then the market has lost over $7 trillion in value, and over a thousand major co mpanies have go ne o ut of business. That's 4 1% of the value of aJitraded stocks going pITt in 28 months! Alan Greenspan and Dubya assure us that our economy is sound. Wi th almost half our peop le 's savings gone, the sound I hear is an echo. An echo of 1929's dull thud, when Hoo ver also ass ured the cou ntry thai the eco nomy was basica lly sound. Th is fiasco resulted in Roosevelt being elected in 1932, tak ing us off the gold standard so the Fed could issue all the paper it wanted on a "trust us" basis. trying to paper our way out of the depression. II took WWlI to fi nally get things moving again. I' m not sure how our mak ing trillions of dollars of war materials and destroying the m rebuilt our economy, but it did. We ll. it go t us used to having our taxes taken out of our paychecks instead of paying the go vernment off o nce a year. II got us used to so-called Social Security, where our money was also taken o ut of ou r paychecks so it co uld be immcdiatel y spent by Congress. replaced by their IOUs. They still haven 't explained where the money will come from to repay all those IOUs. But. at least they' re begi nning to worry abou t it. Thanks . We also got used to wives having to join the workforce so families could make ends meet. Today two family members working earn less in real do llars than o ne did before WW U. Okay. so what docs all this mean? Well, with a thousand companies out of business and the others busy downsizing. it's goi ng to be more and more difficult for wage earners to fi nd wage sources . With an average stock market loss of about $30.000 per family, people are obviously goi ng to be buying less stuff putting stuff manufacturers and retailers out of business. This could. at least. put a stop to the projected HDTV conversion and the year ly upgrading of personal compute rs. The Iraq Stess Let's see now. are you in favor of our attacking Iraq and gelling rid of Saddam? Or do you think it's a had idea'! If you' vc read Black Ha wk Down (or seen the movie ), you' re unlikcly to be much in favo r of the war. Or you may have a firm belief in peace. With Saddam signing alliances with Syria and even Iran , and with o ur allies look ing away nervously when we ask them to joi n us. the situation is loo king messy. On the other hand, a recently defec ted Iraqi nuclear physicist testified that Saddam can be expected to have built two or three nukes within three years. And that's if he hasn' t already managed to buy a few from ex-USSR sources. Saddam 's next step is obvious . .. hide o ne in downt own Manhattan or Washington and threaten to use it if the U.S. causes him any trouble. This wou ld give COfl tl"nued on page 62 73 Amateur Radio Today . OCtober 2002 61 NEUER SRY DIE cotuinuea jrom page 6 1 him all the lime he needs 10 set up a massive biological attack on America. Or we can all pray that Planer X will wipe o ut Saddam fo r us. Prayer really docs work. you kn ow. Gunned Down I told you what happened in Australia when the government confiscated peo ple's gun s . Mu gg ing and home break -in statistic s went through the roof. WelL how safe would you feci if you posted a sign on your lawn guaranteeing (here arc no guns in you r house? The situatio n in England is another example of what can happen when the anti-gu n fanati cs get control. In Lo ndo n. the chances o f bei ng mugged arc si x times higher than in New York Ci ty. and we all know what a hell hole that place is these days. If you're nOI sure, take a walk in Central Park some evening. Lei me know if you live to tell about it. In 1997 the Brits outlawed the own ing of firearm s. Armed robberies last year are up an estimated 21 2 percent. Worse. the government outlawed the carrying of any article which might be used for self-defense, and thai has included knittine needles and walkine sticks. • • A homeo wner held two burglars at hay with a toy gun and called the police, They arrested him for using the imitation gun to inti midate the burglars . How abou t the farmer who used his shotgun on two thieves who had broken into his home for the sevent h time. Hc got a life sentence for ki ll ing one, 10 years for wounding the second, and an extra year for having the illegal gun. The wounded thief was out of pri son in a year. Are we headed in the same directio n" Eating Disord ers Good grief, now way ne's going to tell us how 10 cal! Well, I have to - because you' re making a mess of it. Yes, I know, you' ve been eating since year one, so what 's the re to know'! You open your mouth, shovel it in, and eventually you've eaten. Unfortunately, like most other skills. unless you' ve had a good instructor you're going to build up some really lousy habits that are going to he very diffic ult to break. And worse. the instructors you had (your parents) left nature to its course, so you're a prisoner of those early habi ts. The same thing happened to me, so the territory is familiar. Now, Professor Green is about to upgrade your eating knowledge, and all based on reliable research. Look. you've got this fant astic machine your parents 62 73 Amateur Radio Today· October 2002 in the search, going 10 Nikumaroro Island. Another, Nauticos Corporation, plans 10 spend $3 million to $4 million searching the ocean bonom in the Howland Island area. Still anorheer. Dana Timmer's group, Head of Howl and Landing, Inc.. spent a million to hunt for the plant: in 1999. Whe n writer Fred Goerner researched Amelia 's disappe arance, a six year adventure which culminated in his book in 1966, he wcmto the islands where Amelia had been reported to have been seen. And he did this with the Navy obstructing him cverv inch of the way. A~ I' ve written before. Amelia was a good friend of my dad 's. She kept her Lockhee d at my dad's Central Airport. just across the river from Philadelphia and she had dinner at our house a couple times. In 1936 her chie f mechanic had dinner with us. explaini ng that he'd just I1n ished installing spec ial higher-powered engi nes. extra wing tanks. and cameras for her coming flight around the world. He said that President Roosevelt. who had been the Secretary of the Navy, had asked her to make a spy trip to take photos of the Japanese installation at Truk. Bv a coincidence, when I was at the submarine rest camp in 1944 on Majuro in the Marshall Is lands , the nati ves said that a plane had c rash-landed there seven vcars earlier. Th e woman pilot was unhun , but the man navigator had been in· j ured. They said a Japanese ship picked up the two and their plane and look them to Saipan. This was the same story Goerner heard when he interviewed the Maj uro natives about twenty years later. When my sub stopped oIT for a couple days at Saipan to refuel I had. an opportunit v to a...k the nari vcs there about Ameiia. They said that she' d been killed by the Japanese when the Americans were capturing the island , and that the Americans had burned her plane. Again, Goerner gut this same story when he visited Saipan. I corresponded with Goerner about all this at the time and. reponed it in my editorials. Why all the co v cr-up? Our government didn' t want 10 admit that the most famous woman in the world had been recruitcd by Roosevelt as a spy. And the Japanese didn' t want it kno wn that they'd executed the most famous woman in the world. Still don't. The next time you see a newspaper arMort.' Amelia ticle about fi nding Amelia's plane, clue in the writer for me. Oh. and send me a If these groups who want to fi nd copy of the clipping. Amelia Earhart 's plane would bother to do so me fairly simple investigation. 7\tort' Drug Nonsense they' d stop wasting their time and a Ion While vou were sleeping, the DEA's of money. One group, headed by Ric Gillespie, budget has grown from 53. 1 billion in The International Group for Historical Contin ued on page 6 4 Aircraft Recovery, is investing S600,OCK.l made for you o ne night. It 's eno rmously complicated and it has an unbelievably capable repair system built in. II 's able to convert a wide varie ty of fuel into heat and the building material for a lifetime of maintenance. So you si t down at a table, put food in your mouth. chew it. a nd swallow it. Case closed'! Hmr n. not quite. The fact is that there's this saliva stuff in your mouth which is a fundamental part of your digestive system. Chewing food j ust enough so you can swallow it win send it to the next part of the system before it's read y. Dr. Kellogg, a hundred years ago, had it right when he got people to chew every bite a hundred times before swallowing. C hc w everything thoroughly be fore you swallow, Give the saliva a chance to do its part in your digestive system. Yes, it takes longer 10 cat. I used to he a gap and swallo w eater; now when I'm in a restaurant other groups come in. order, get their meals, cat, pay their check and arc gone while I'm still si tt ing there chewing. Chew your food. What' s your damned hurry'? At home l listen to my tape of the previous night's Coast to Coast A rt Bell radio show and assemble the pages of my books while I'm chewing. Or I' m CUlting up fruit and vegetables for the next day. It takes a while to CUi a watermelon into six quart contui ncrs. Or cUI up some cantaloupes. oranges. and grapefruit. Okay, now lesson two. Once you've chewed every thing up in a saliva bath you send it o n to your stomach. Here it's doused with hydrochloric acid to fu rther dissolve that j unk you ate, mainly 10 satisfy your taste buds , and probably with lillie consideratio n for the fuel you should he supplying. So you pour down some water, tea. or coffee to dilute the acid so it can' t do its job properly and the food is then forwarded on dow n the chute in only partially digested form. This means that your intestines won' t be able to do their job of removing the nutrients right and the whole system is in trouble. Your bod y does need a whole lot more pure water than you've been giving it, but not at meal ti me. Give the food an hour before you start the deluge. Give your digestive system a break. okay? , fl rn' an' w m e of mJ boo k~ wh ich ca n ehll n ~e yo ur life (if )ou' ll let ' em ), If the idea of beinl: heult h)', wealthy and wise interests you, start reading. Yes, )'ou ce n he all that , h ut only wh en )'ou k n ow t he secr et s wh ich r, espe nl II life time uncuverlUI:, ......~ The Secret G uide tn Hea lth : Yes, there really is a secret in regaining your hcahh and addi ng 30 10 60 yea rs of healthy 1i\1ng 10 Jour life.1be an'Wel" is simple. but it means making some senoes lifestyle changes . Will you be skiing the slopes of Aspen with me when yo u're 90 or dodderi ng arou nd a 11Ursillg ~? Or pWUng up daisit-'S? 1\'0. r ill not selling a ny health prod ucts. but I ca n help you cure yourself of cancer, heart trouble, or an y o ther illness. Gel Ihis ne w, 2001 e\ pa nd ed ed it ion (l 5hp). $ 10 (#05) The Set'n'! G uide to Wealth: JUSI as with health, you' II find lhal )'00 ha\'e Ilc."l"n brainwashed b)' '1he s)'slem" inlo a patlcm of life mal w ill keep)'ou from es'er ma king much muney and ha\ing Ihe frel' dum 10 lra vel a nd do \\-hal you wan!. I e\ plain how a nyone can gel a dream job with no college, no r6 ume, and en' n without a ny e xperience . 1 e xplain how you can gel "orneo oc 10 iJ.:Ippi ly pay )'OU 10 learn \\ iJ.:It yOtl net'd 10 know 10 sian your o\\ n bu ~iness. 55 (#03 ) T he Seen 't (;u ide tn \\lo;dmn : This is a re vie w of arou nd a hund red OIxlks thai will bogg k yo ur mind and help you change yo ur life. ~o. I dnn 'l sell \he<;e bocL.1bey're OIl a \\-ide range of subja:1S and wilt help to make you a wry intt:resling pet'Sl n Wmell you see some of the ge ms you' \'l' missed read· ing. You'll ha\'e plcnty offascinating stuff 10 lalk a boul on !hi: air. 55 (#Ol l The Blood Pu rifier H an d book: Th is explains how 10 buikl or bu)' (S 1551a 1i1lle elec trica l gadge t Iha t ca n he lp clean your hlood of any virus, rnicmhc, parasite, fungus o r yeas!. The IlfllCess was di!>Co \'e red b)' sC l e n l i~ls al the Alherl Einstein College of \fedid ne, quickly patelllcd. and hu..ht:dup. ll's .-uing AIDS, ho.'JXItitis C. and a bunch of olhe r se rioos iII nes ~e s , If " work ing miracles ! $ 10 ( #0 1) 1'111nt Gnlwlh Stirnululor: T his has lhe sa mc cin:uil as the alx we, all read y 10 U'>e. Postpaid: $155 (_PGS). \1) WW IT S ubmllri nle' Ad \ e nl ures: Yes, I s pem from 1~3 -1945 on a "ubman ne, rig hl in the m idd le of lhe war wilh Japan, We almos t got sunk >t'wrnl time", and twice I was in the righl place at the rig ht ti me 10 sa w Ihe ooal. Whal ' s il reall}' like 10 he d ep lh challed? And \\hat's Ihe dail y life aboard a su bmari ne like ? Ho w abou Ihe Amelia Ear hart insi de sto ry? Ir you're nca r M obile. please visit rhc Dru m, $5 (# 10 ) Trawl Diaries: You ca n travel amaz ing l)' ineapens jv ely - once you know dE ~.En~' Sh'n)' and my hu<.~ vis us to Europe, Ruwi a. and a bunch 0 r o the r inte resting places. How about a fi rst class Flight 10 Munich, a rented Audi, driving to visit Vienna, Krakow in Poland (and the famous salt mines )• Prague, bac'k 10 \I unich. and the firs class flighl home for 1\00 0. all for unJc r SI,OOO. Yes, whe n you know how you can tra vel ine xpensively, and stilt slay in first class hotels. $j ( If I I) 7J w r ne r 's Guide: It's easy, fun. can pad your r6.ome. and impress the belI out of yo ur friends. Yes, of cou rse we pay foc )'our articles! SO (#781 Wal ne' s Cari bbea n Adwnlun-s: My s uper budget travel stories - where I visit the hams and scu ba dive most 0 f Ihe is la nds of the Cari bbean , Yuu'l I 10 \'C the specialLiat fare which let 11Ie visrt I I cou ntries III 2 1 da y's, diving all but o ne of the islands. Guadeloupe Yo here Ihe hams kepi tne 100 busy wilh pan ies. 55 (# 12) C old F u, iun (he ni ew: Th is is both a h i ~IIlr)' of co ld fusion, which I prel1i Ci w ill he one of the Iallesl int1ustri~ in the "orfd in the 2 1s1 cenlUI)'. plus a simple e xplanalion of how and why il works. This new field is going [(l ~enc ra le a whole ne w hunc h IIf billio nai res. JUS l as the pe rso nal computcr indusU)' did . S5 (#201 IIn prm inr: Stale G o \ ernmt'flt ' Here are 2~ ways Ihal stale gon~mmems ca n CUI expenses enonllou sly, I'.hile provid ing far hctl~r sen 'ke, I explai n ho\\any governmenl bureau or departmenl can be gOllen 10 cui it' s expense, by al least 50% in Iltree years and do il cooperathely and e nlhusiastically. I explain how, by appl)i ng a oc\\ technology, the Sla te ca n mal e il pussihlo:- 10 provide a ll needed ....f\' ices w itho ut ha ving til le vy any taxe, at al]! Read chI,' book, run for )'our legislalure, and let's gl'l busy making thisWllnU)' \\-ark like its founders wamed il 10 . Don ' I Ieas'e this for -'\Omeone else" 10 do. S5 (#30 ) '\Junki nd's ExtinClinn Pred il'liu lls: If any one of the exp<:rts who ha w \\-'Tl tte n bouks predicling a soon·lo-come calasnuphe whic h will " in ua tly wipe m ost of us o ut are ri g ht, " e 'ro:- in lro uhk . In this book I e xplain about (he va rious disas te r o;cenarins, like Nos trad;l ll l u ~, whtl says the poles will S(IOIl .Jllft ( a~ the)' ha\'c sewrJJ tillles in the pas.t ), wiping OUI 97% of mankind. Ol:.ay. so he's made a Iong!Jring of pasl ludy gtk.>s.-.o.. The wo rst pan uf these predict ions is the acc urncy m,:ord of some of lhe e xpert s, Will it he a po le s hift. a new ice age, a mas , i\'e solar llare, a comel or aSleroid. a bioteffi)risl allack? I' m gelling ready, how aboul you ?S5 U'3 n , - mer \loo nd 0 lmle : Afte r reading Re ne ' s book, NASA .\lOfHIt'd A mer ica , I read everything I could fi nd o n ou r Moon la ndings.] watched (he NAS A videos. looked care fully a t the pho tos, read the astronaut's biographies. a nd talked wit h some readers who worked for ~ASA . l his book ci tes ~5 good reasons I belie ve lhe Yo hote Apo llo program h<1l1to have IIl'Cn faked. $5 (#32) No, I'm Ill~ a nut case. C la......ical \lo sic Gu id e: A lisl of 100 CDs which wi ll provide )'OU with an o utsla nding collection of the fi nes t classical m usic ev er written. This is wha t yo u need 10 he lp yo u red uce s tress. Classical music also raise s yo ungs te rs' IQ s, hel ps pl a nts grow faster; a nd will make you health ier. Just waifll)oo hev'>CIneofGons.chalk 's fabuIous music! $5 1.33) The R ad a r Coveru p . I> police radar dangerou s? Ross AJc:y K6 UI. a world aut hori ty, confirms the dange rs of radie and magnetic fields, including o ur HTs and ce ll pho nes. 5 3 (ItJ4 1 Three G a llo Ta lk..: A prize -winning teacher e xplain, w ha t's I'. rong with American schools and why our kid<; are not bei ng educa ted. Why arc Swedish yo ungsters, who s tar1 school at 7 years of age, leaving our kids in lhe d USI? O ur kids a re in te nlio na ll y bein g d umbed down by our school system - the lea sl effa:lis e anti tllll-,1 e xpensi"e in the \\- orfd. $5 (#35 ) Asparla m e: a,k,a. NutraSwee l, Ihe slun in ,he t dri nks, elc., can enuse all kinds of serio us health pro blems . Multiple sc lenlsis. for o ne. Re.ad all al-out it. 1\\0 JXIInrhJds for a huck.. 01.'8 ) S1 .\lillion Salt'S \ 'id ro: 1lIe S("l.-n"t of ho w )'o u can generale a n ell ra m il lio ndillars in salc:s just by using PR , This wil l be (llle of the hes t investments you U' youJ' oo"irJl:s.s willeS'l" make. $.10(#52) Reprin ls of ' I) ' Ed it o r ial, from 7J, Ver)' few things. in this world are as we',1:' I:>een laughL and as the)' a~ar. As an iI:onodast Iblow the whi.'ilIo:on the <;C;l/IIS around us, such a.s the health care, our schcx:ll Sy,ll'lll, our IIi( liley, the ' ~\Ig ""'aI. a lo" lIege education, sugar. the foud pants. our unhea lthy food fluorido....., EMFs, ~utraSYo\"l"l. ~'1C'. 19'16100 FAlilorial r..~ \,: 55 (1'12 ) 1997157 t:ditoriul I:....-...:I)'s: Stl (#7-tJ I99K 192 F.ditnriul FA'SU)'S: 5 I0 (#75 ) 19991 65 Ed itor iul F.SSll)"S: $tI (#76 ) 21MJO 1111 Ed itor iul [ ss.ll\ s: 55 (#77) 2001 J(~ t:ditorhd [ v.a)·,,: 55 (#78) Siher Wire: Wilh two 5-in . pieces of heavy ptJn! ~h el" wire + ttne 9 V batterits you can make a thousand dollars worth of vllv cr colloid. Wha t do you do with it? It does what the an tibiotic s do, hUI ge n us can' t adapt to n. it 10 gel rid of germs on food. for skin fungus, warts. a nd e ven 10 d rink. Read some books o n the uses of sil\eI" colkud, it's like magil;. S I5 (#80) C ollnid Reprint. " pri l97 article on a silo ver colloid maker, hisiory, and how to moe use the '>lUff. S5 ( #981. Colloid C lip"- Thn.'C 9V banery clips, 2 albgator clip:s & irr>trul;tions. S5 1 ~) Sih't"l" Colloid Kit: S25 i#80-9R·99) FourSm all HoukleLsCOIIlhinl'tl: Dewsing: why mill how it works; Super-Organic Food: a trillion d ollar ne w industry : Schook in 2020: anomer S trillim industry ; Amfeax. a simple l-ure. S3 l#ll6) 'MU d id n' l wOJ!;'• .b..u1J otUlmt :\"A SA .\ Ioo n ed A m eric a : Re ne makes an air-tight case lha t NA SA faked thl' ~f O()l l landing<;. Thi s bonk will conv ince e ve n )'o u. $30 ( #90 ) '-ast Skrp t ic of S d e ncle': T his i" Rene ' s bool where he de bunks a hunc h of accepted sc ie ntific hclicf" stll,:h a.s theice ages. tt~ E:1Ith ht.'ing a mag· net, the Moun ca using the tides, ele. $30 (#9 1) n a rk .\Iuun : 568 l\1ges of ca refully rescarcho.-d proof lhal lhe Ar.nllo Moon landi ngs were a n..lo.:n - a ca pping blow for Rene's ske ptics. S25 (#921 n·.Irk .\ 1."11I \ 'idl'O 222-rninute u pnsi' nai ling NASA with their own photos. If you've watched the !\AS A films of the astnllla uts walking on the ~1 00ll an d wondered al their w ~i rd gal( _ Wait'll yo u see il speeded up. It lool.s exactl y like lh~y ' re running 01"1 Eanh~ They c a t~' h KAS t\ in do ze n.s of give aways lha t lhe pho tos and films had to has-e hee n faked . Wilh o ur gO \,'t it seems 10 be j ust ooe co\'Cr-up afler an other. s.w (#93 ) ~euU6 -e~ !lox 41 6, H uncHl:k :'oIllll,~9 C a ll " amle' Addlb-s C itJ -Stule-Z ip U"" ' hO~. ona • ""0."" you wonl. ....kI ~ J s/h po:r Ilul ord.r l'bon<' ,forCC 0Id<'n1 ,,~ - www.Yo a) negreen.com ·phono:- onkrs: 603·588-0 107 ·fax: 603·588 -3205 · [email protected] D Yes ! Put me du wn for a yea r of 73 for o nly $25 (a .';; leal). Ca nada US$12. f oreign U S~4 hy sea. AII<:ror ~ -..ed. for dti.>\'S) ~'C&'JlI lom t ... """'tJ1 ~ try 10 ~ most ordm .h,1'I"f'd III • day or1-..0. V.......m.aillddrns: 73 Amateur Radio Today · OCtobe r 2002 63 Barter 'n' Buy _ Tum your old ham and compu ter gear into cash now. Sure , you can wait lo r a hamfest 10 try and d ump it, but yo u know you 'll get a far mo re realistic pric e if you have it out whe re 100,000 acti ve ha m potentia l buy ers ca n see it, rath er than the few hundred local hams who com e by a flea market tabl e. Check your emc. ga rage , cella r and cl oset shelve s and get cash for your ham and computer gear befo re it' s 100 old to sell. You know yo u' re not goi ng to use it a gain , so why lea ve it lor your widow to throw o ut? That stuff isn't getti ng a ny younger! The 73 Fle a Ma rket, Barter 'n' Buy, costs yo u pea nu ts (a lmost) - co mes to 35 cents a word for ind ivid ua l (noncommercialt] ads an d $1.00 a word for co mmercial ads. Don 't pla n on telli ng a long story. Use abbreviations , cra m lt in. But be honest. There are plenty o f hams who love to fix things , so if it doesn 't work, say so . Make your list, coun t the words, including your call, address and phone number. Include a check Of your cred it ca rd number and expiration . II you're placing a commercial ad, mclude an add itional phone number, separate from your ad . Th is is a monthly magazine , not a da ily ne wspaper, so figure a couple months before the action starts ; then be prepared. If you gel too m any ca lls, you priced it low. If yo u don't get many ca lls , too high. So get busy. Blow the dust off, check everything out, mak e sure it still works right and maybe you can help make a ham newcomer or retired old timer happy with that rig you're not using now. Or you might get busy on yo ur co mputer an d put together a list of small gear/parts to send to those interested ? Send lour ads and payment to: 7.J ,U a/:a: i ll e, Ba rter ' n ' Buy, 70 Hancock Rd., Peterborough phone call... 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Receives WFM. NFM. AM, USB, L5B, CW and FM stereo " . 2000 memory channels with alpha-numeric labeling. download free computer control software hom t he Alinco web site. Flash Tune'" locks onto and monitors st rong loca l signals ! On board "Help" feature. digital recorder. frequency counter, (TeSS search & decode, Chan nel Scope" spect rum activity display. Ni-Cd battery & Quick charger included. BNCantenna port with new, wide-range "ducky" antenna included. DJ·X3 Amazing performance in a small, easfly DJ·Xl0 This high-performance receiver covers carried package! ( overage range from 100 KHz ... 2 GHz, has 1200 alphanumeric memory channels. internal "help" feature, (hanneL Scope" spectrum display, receives, AM, NFM. WFM . USB, LSB and CW, triple conversion front end. su perb sensitivity, BN( antenna port with wide-range "ducky" antenna and an amazing array of optional accessories. (hec k ALi nco's web site for computer control softwa re. 100 KHz ... 1.3 GHz with 700 memory channels. Receives WfM. fM stereo' , NfMand AM modes. I ncludes SMA "ducky" ante nna, earphone, and internal ferrite-bar anten nas fo r AM & shortwave. ULtra sensitive t ripleconversion front end. large illuminated display. Free downloadable cont rol software fro m the Ali nco web site. DJ·X2 Is this the world's smallest scanning receiver? "I redit Card" size is easily carried in a shirt or jacket pocket, yet it opens a world of reception, coveri ng 522 KHz - 1 GHz. 700 memory channels; AM. fM. WFM modes. Internal lithium-ion battery PLUS snap-on dry-cell power pack. Effective RF · s ni ffer~ feature detects hidden transmitters (patent pending). Three different antenna modes including internal ferrite bar. Easy and Expert user operating profi les. Preset. memory and VFO operating modes. Illuminated dis play. Free computer control software available at the Alinco web site. www. Al INCO.com orse. IHMMJ Magnetic Scanner Antenna BN( connector. just 13.5 inches high . Powerful rare-earth magnet. 9 fe et of RG-174 cable. Receives 100 ... 1200 MHz, can transmit on zm, 440-.450 MHz and 824- 896 celluLar frequencies. Also available with Motorola styLe antenna connector. Distributed in North America br ATOe Amateur Distributing UC· 23 S. High SI ~ Covington. OH4531. · 19371473-2840 CeIul.Ir reception bloekK on USA mOO. Unbloekecl ~ ,v,iIlIbie lor qu'lifyillg ' Ql!IlCin. 6oc00lerniWn feqUll'ecI. ' Option, l srereo headpholles requirecl to fKe1ve fM itereo transmiWofl$.. $pecificalionsublect III chafllje without nObCe or obligatIOn Check local regulations belor. using a scanning receiver in IIlobile O~'bon.