I am a Goochland County District 5 resident and I wanted to share the official correspondence I sent to the Board of Supervisors regarding their use of taxpayer funds for the Valley Link project.
From the Archives: HAM Radio allowed Richmonders to communicate with other users all over the world
10-10-1961 (cutline): Mrs. Hughes Motley (left), Mrs. Bobby Akers test 'rig.' Ham radio operators learn all about their equipment.
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01-31-1954 (cutline): Amateur radioman pin hope on this gear. James Copal (left) with Louis E. Browning.
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11-21-1982 (cutline): Howard Motley, Tom Ogburn and Henry Boze back Bill Bunting, who is at all controls.
Rich Crawford
01-26-1949 (cutline): Buddy Giles, 'Youngest' Ham, leisurely operates W40RL amid cards from scattered radio friends.
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10-13-1952 (cutline): E.S. Maloney, Arlington, and L.L. Huckstep.
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05-08-1960 (cutline): Ham operator Flloyd McCoy (right) and wife chat with Dr. Charles Meistroff. Dr. Meistroff, of Richmond, sent them medicines via the Panama Canal.
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12-30-1977 (cutline): Cindy Heller with stack of 23-channel CBs. Cheap buy are mostly gone.
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04-18-1953 (cutline): Fifteen-year-old Doris Ann Williams is the youngest licensed female shortwave radio operator in Richmond.
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06-24-1956 (cutline):Three amateur radio operators, Walter Bullington, Wright Bell and Bill Sampson, get their equipment ready for a 24-hour, national radio emergency test. They are trying to reach as many other amateur operators as they can by 4 p.m. Using a gasoline generator to power their stations, they are operating from Bryan Park.
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07-16-1951 (cutline): Radio 'HAM' Charles Justic tunes in Europe.
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07-08-1960 (cutline): L.H. Arnold at the controls of his Gwynn's Island radio set. Former Richmonder has been licensed Ham operator for 32 years.
