‰ NOW 25 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JANUARY 2014 QST PAGE 69‰ OF DOTS AND SPACES, RATHER THAN THE INTERNATIONAL CODE, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF DOTS AND DASHES. THE TEAM MOVED ON TO A SIMPLE DOOR BUZZER, KEY, AND BATTERY TO PRACTICE SENDING THE INTERNATIONAL CODE TO ONE ANOTHER. THE FATHER AND SON REALIZED THAT WITH A RADIO RECEIVER, THEY COULD CAPTURE THE WIRELESS SIGNALS OF OTHER LOCAL AMATEURS, AS WELL AS THE MORE POWERFUL SPARK GAP STATIONS, SUCH AS THE SLI TELEFUNKEN COMMERCIAL STATION ON LONG ISLAND, OR THE NAVAL STATION IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. THEY SOUGHT OUT A RECEIVER TO MONITOR THE AIRWAVES. THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET THE FIRST TWO RECEIVERS THEY ACQUIRED ONE BY MAIL ORDER AND ANOTHER BOUGHT FROM A TOY STORE WINDOW TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. BUT THE TOY STORE RECEIVER HAD BEEN BUILT BY THE THEN TEENAGED CLARENCE TUSKA, WHO INSTRUCTED THE MAXIMS IN ITS USE. THIS RECEIVER WAS LIKELY COMPRISED OF A TRIPLE SLIDE TUNING COIL WITH A CRYSTAL DETECTOR COMBINATION. TUSKA PROVIDED THE MAXIMS WITH OTHER ‰ END OF 25 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ