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STATIONS WITH HANDMADE COMPONENTS.  THEY WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR
COLLEAGUES IN THIS WAY.  AMONG THIS GROUP WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD
RISE TO THE FOREFRONT OF AMATEUR RADIO, ESTABLISHING IT AS A PURSUIT THAT
THOUSANDS WOULD COME TO EMBRACE OVER THE NEXT CENTURY.  UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP
HIRAM PERCY MAXIM AND CLARENCE TUSKA WERE LARGELY DISSIMILAR IN AGE,
CHARACTER, AND WORLD EXPERIENCE BUT BONDED BY A COMMON ZEAL FOR RADIO.
MAXIMS INTEREST IN AMATEUR RADIO FORMED AT A TIME WHEN HE WAS A MIDDLEAGED
PROFESSIONAL HIS DIVERSE THE SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVORS INCLUDED THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A WEAPON AND AUTO SILENCER, AUTO MANUFACTURING, GLIDER FLIGHT AND MOVIE
MAKING.  WHEN MAXIMS CHIEF ENGINEER AT MAXIM SILENCER CO, ROLAND BOURNE
LATER 1ANA, RELATED HIS WIRELESS EXPERIENCES, MAXIM WAS CAPTIVATED.  MAXIMS
SON, HIRAM HAMILTON, SHARED HIS FATHERS LOVE FOR INNOVATION, AND HAD BEEN
PURSUING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY WITH HIS SCHOOLMATES.  THE FATHER AND SON
TEAMED UP TO EXPLORE THE NEW WORLD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION.  THEY STUDIED
THE CODE, UTILIZING A SIMPLE TELEGRAPH APPARATUS A KEY AND SOUNDER.  THIS
WAS NOT A PRACTICAL METHOD, AS THEY WERE HEARING THE MORSE CODE, COMPRISED
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