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Richard Rogers
                                       15 Coolamon Road
                                       Taroona   7053
                                       27th September, 1995

       Dear Alan,

       I think the Laurie Jensen mentioned in the article would have been 
       Lon Jensen who later held the amateur license 7LJ.   He was a 
       schoolteacher who moved around the state and had a great influence 
       on many of his students and others regarding radio.   He was in 
       Devonport in 1924 and moved to Hobart in 1925.

       The mention of using morse code to talk to a local crystal set 
       user is consistent with the use of a small spark transmitter.

       In the photo there appears to be a morse key and crystal detector 
       at the top left, together with a couple of long cylindrical coils, 
       probably part of an earlier crystal receiver.

       The set on the right is the one I had a photo of (made by AWA?) 
       and is attached to the additional valve amplifier mentioned on the 
       back of the photo.   The story of Frank blowing the valves on his 
       first attempt to use the radio would be more likely if the radio 
       was bought rather than home-built.   Incidentally the quoted price 
       of $10 for a valve was probably �5 - about a weeks wages!   And 
       the set cost $100, say �50 - a few months wages!   Radio was very 
       expensive in those days.

       The radio on the left in the wooden cabinet doesn't look like much 
       later than 1926, do I'd guess the date of the photo as 1926 at the 
       latest.

       I assume the date of the newspaper article is about 1965.   When 
       did your grandfather die?   When was Homicide on TV?   Was the 
       article from the Advocate?