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WIRELESS EXPERIMENTERS WHO ROAMED THE AIRWAVES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
THERE IS ONE BIG DIFFERENCE, HOWEVER YOU HAVE A LICENSE TO OPERATE, AS WELL
AS A CALL SIGN ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND RULES THAT MUST BE
FOLLOWED.  PRIOR TO DECEMBER 1912 WHEN THE RADIO ACT OF 1912 WENT INTO
EFFECT THERE WERE NO AMATEUR RADIO LICENSES IN FACT, THERE WERE FEW
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