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Richard Rogers
                                                       15 Coolamon Road
                                                       Taroona   7053
                                                       19th July, 1994

       Dear John,

       Thanks for your letter.  I think I sent my earlier letter 
       to a box number I found in the call book and apparently it 
       was not passed on.  Here's what I said in my earlier 
       letter.

							28th March, 1994

	Dear John,
		  I heard on Sundays's VK7WI broadcast that you are now the
	WIA's Federal Historian and interested particularly in the RAAFWR
	and women in amateur radio.
		  The WIA here has recently been given some log books and
	papers and magazines belonging to the late VK7DX who died in 1931.
	I am at present looking through them to report on the contents so
	that we may decide what to do with them.
		  One of the folders I have sorted out contains all the papers
	referring to his work with the RAAFWR as the Section Guard Station for
	Tasmania from its inception until his resignation.  There is also his
	RAAFWR log book.
		  I don't know what the club is likely to wish to do with all
	his stuff, but a decision should be made soon.
		  I have also been talking to some of the members of the RAOTC
	with tape recorder running - I find that I am no interviewer, as there
	is far too much of me on the tapes - and the quality is poor.  I am
	planning to go and talk to Joy Batchler, VK7YL, soon and I'll see if I
	can shut up a bit and do something worth copying for you.

       I've still not heard from the clubs executive what they 
       have in mind as they are busy on other matters at the 
       moment and historical matters are of little consequence.  
       Unfortunately, the executive meetings are held on a night 
       when I attend another club so I've not yet been able to 
       attend an executive meeting myself.

       I regret to say that I found a lot of WIA papers destined 
       for the tip on Saturday. but I rescued a few minute books 
       (1961/2 1967? 1973-79?) and some letters which may be of 
       future interest.  But at least the absence of past records 
       is explained.  The trouble is that you have to store a load 
       of old rubbish for fifty years before it becomes valuable 
       and even then its only of value to the aficionado.

       I've been asked to become the Tas WIA's historical officer 
       but if the Divisions officers aren't interested in storing 
       old stuff, I'm not sure there will be much to do.
       What storage facilities do you have available?
       
                                               73




                                               Ric   VK7RO