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Ham

Station

in

a

Needle

By DICK FLANAGAN

Many's

the

Ham

longing

for

a

super sky -

hook,

but Bob Ryan,

W7GWA,

isn't

one of

them. For

Bob numbers

among

the

opera-

tors

of

what

may

very well

be the

highest

Ham

station

in

the world, which,

because

of

its

unusual location,

also boasts

a skyhook

to

top

all skyhooks.

Installed

on

the observation

deck

of the

Seattle Space Needle

some

550 feet

above

the city's rooftops,

station WA7GBD

is

oper-

ated

by the

Space Needle

Amateur

Radio

Club. And

Bob, who

is

one of the

club's

75

members,

takes turns working

Hams around

the world

from

this

strange Ham-

station -in-

a- needle.

Bob generally

works

20

-meter

SSB,

using

a Drake

TR-4

transceiver

and a companion

RV

-4

remote

VFO.

Currently,

the

station

is

heard

as far

away as Japan,

Brazil,

and Rus-

22

sian Siberia.

Even greater

range

and

reli-

ability

are

expected when

the present

300 -

watt

transmitter

is joined

by

a kilowatt

linear,

which

is

now

on order

from Drake.

When

it

arrives,

Seattle's

Ham-

station -in

-a-

needle will

be

as powerful

as any

amateur

station

going.

In

spite of

the

Club's

extraordinary

offer-

ings,

there

are no membership

dues or

other

fees.

The

Space Needle

organization

simply

issues

free

elevator

passes

to all

members

so

they

can

have ready

access

to the

station

at

any

time. And

since nearly

a million

people

visit

the observation

deck

annually,

the pub-

lic relations

value

of the station

is thought

to

be

excellent.

Most of

the

visitors

see the

station

in

operation, frequently

handling

traffic

from

U.S. servicemen

on ships and

at

bases overseas.

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