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VINTAGE RADIO A HAM, A HAMFEST, K2TQN A LOVE STORY AND A BOTTLE OF BEER
WHAT DO THESE ALL HAVE IN COMMON?  WE TRAVEL TO MONTANA TO THE CLAIMED
OLDEST CONTINUOUS HAMFEST, OPEN SINCE 1934.  WHAT FOLLOWS IS A PORTION OF A
LETTER WRITTEN IN 1993 BY ANN JACQUES, MRS ART JACQUES, W7BOZ.  I FIRST MET
ART JACQUES IN THE SPRING OF 1936, THROUGH HIS SISTER, IRENE, WHO WAS A
CLASSMATE OF MINE.  OUR FIRST DATE WAS SWIMMING IN THE MISSOURI RIVER,
WHICH, OF COURSE WAS A NO NO, BUT WE WENT ANYWAY.  IT WAS MAY 1ST AND 80
DEGREES.  MY NEXT DATE WITH HIM WAS THE JUNIOR PROM THE END OF MAY AT THE
GREAT FALLS HIGH SCHOOL.  ARTS FOLKS TOOK TWO WEEKS VACATION UP AT TWO
MEDICINE LAKE EVERY YEAR WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, THE STAFFORDS.  KNOWING ART,
HE COULDNT STAND BEING UP THERE BY HIMSELF, SO HE INVITED HIS FRIENDS UP
THERE TOO, AND, OF COURSE, ALL HIS FRIENDS WERE RADIO HAMS.  THERE WERE SO
MANY HAMS THAT LIVED RIGHT AROUND GLACIER PARK IT WAS EASY FOR THEM TO COME
OVER FOR THE WEEKEND TOO.  IM ALSO SURE THAT IT WAS AT ARTS SUGGESTION,
THAT IRENE INVITE MILDRED HAUG AND ME TO GO CAMPING WITH HER AND HER FOLKS
AT TWO MEDICINE LAKE THE THIRD WEEKEND IN JULY, WHICH WAS THE THIRD YEAR
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963,928 A B IZ1JLF 119,808 B A ZX5J 1,903,066 B C VK3TZ 77,616 A B RU9AC
742,840 A B F5CYS 73,080 B A PJ2X 1,012,220 B C YE1AA 50,875 A B 5B4AII
3,748,250 A C IZ2FOS 856,231 B B LP1H 939,872 B C VK4TT 3,425 A B RG9A
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