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AREAS OF COMMUNICATIONS.  OVER THE YEARS THEIR MEMORIES WERE SHARED WITH
EACH OTHER IN THESE LETTERS.  I LIKEN THIS TO THE WAY WE USE E MAIL TODAY,
SENDING SHORT NOTES AND OCCASIONALLY LONG STORIES TO EACH OTHER.  THESE
GUYS WOULD WRITE LONG LETTERS TO EACH OTHER, SOMETIMES A COUPLE TIMES A
WEEK.  MOST OF THEM WERE TYPED ON VERY OLD TYPEWRITERS, AND SOME WERE TYPED
ON THEIR MILLS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.  AS WIRELESS OPERATORS THEY LEARNED
EARLY ON HOW TO TYPE MESSAGES, SO THIS SEEMS TO BE THEIR COMMUNICATION MODE
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OF CHOICE.  MILL IS THE TERM GIVEN TO THE TYPEWRITER USED IN THE EARLY
RADIO SHACK.  MANY OF THEM WERE ONLY CAPITAL LETTERS, HAVING NO LOWER CASE
AS WE DO TODAY.  BY USING ONLY CAPITALS THEY SAVED TYPING TIME AND THIS
ALLOWED THEM TO COPY MORE MESSAGES.  IM SURE FOR MANY OF THEM, AS THEY
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W3MO WA4AW N4FPS K4LSU W4RU WA4YWM AB1CY KD1LE K2CSS WX2NJ WB3CUF W3NJ
W4AYK K4FUY KG4LTR K4SDJ KG4YXP KD1CY N1LF KB2CT KJ2N KB3DAJ WA3NOA KI4AZX
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