Richard Grace (12) and Terry Connor Evandale 1971 ex VK7AL

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@ Richard Grace (12),

of Hobart, chats
with a radio ham many
miles away, using a’

transmitter owned by —

Mr Terry Connor, at

the. Tasmanian~ radio —

hams’ annual meeting
at EVandale: =.

- Mére than 100 -amé
teur radio operato

“get toget

gathered at Evandale
over the weekend for
the Tasmanian division

_ of the Australian Wire-

less Institute’s annual
Hamfest.

‘The radio ~ enthusi-
ts exchanged i

er

miitter,” and radio

hunts.

Their equipment
ranged from — $300
transceivers with a

range of more than 200
miles to discarded po-
lice and ambulance
two - way radios with
a range of about 30
miles.