Amateur Radio Quiz: Way-back Wireless

Stepping into a time machine set on “just out of sight” is always an adventure. It’s important that we have a sense of our technological history if for no other reason than to enjoy the fun as old becomes new again. This month, see if some of these references don’t tickle some long-disused neurons, some from books and some from personal experience! Questions of inventors and discoverers may tread some grey areas of historical priority, but the answers reflect the most widely accepted reading.

Ham Appointed Chief of Army MARS

On Friday, September 25, veteran Army communicator Jim Griffin, KE7LJA, became Chief of the Army Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS). Major General Susan Lawrence, Commanding General of the 9th Signal Command (Army), named Griffin to succeed Stuart Carter; Carter has held the Chief’s post since December 2006. MARS, the Defense Department-sponsored organization of Amateur Radio operators who volunteer for communications support in emergencies, is a component of the 9th SC(A).

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