From the Newsletter history archives...
About your club officers:
Spotlight on...Susan, N4OJN, Secretary-Treasurer
Vintage Equipment
Susan was born August 11, 1946, in Caldwell County and attended Collettsville Elementary, Collettsville High School, and ultimately, Lenoir High School where she graduated in 1964. Soon thereafter, also 1964, she married James Bradshaw (now N4NIN). They have one son, Mark Bradshaw, who is also a licensed ham (KJ4WY).
Furthering her education, Susan graduated and received her Associate's Degree from Caldwell Community College in 1968 and accepted a position with Fairfield Chair Company in Customer Service...later transferring to Purchasing. In 1992, she accepted a position (Financial Transactions, Investments, & Bookkeeping) that she still fills today. Additionally, her duties include Cost Accounting for her company's new furniture introductions for the April and October markets.
Susan states that James, her hubby, has had a profound influence on her personal hobbies. "He always seems to involve me in whatever he's interested in...whether it be aviation (James has his private pilot's license), photography, boating, motorcycling, Jeeping, and ham radio!". After James received his ham license, he suggested that Susan attend a class taught by Jim Rogers (N4EUX) and Jerry Hedspeth, N4BDI, at CCC&TI. As a result of the class, she received her Novice License (KB4SFY) in 1986. Later that same year, Susan took, and successfully passed, the General Class Theory (Element 3B) which qualified her for her present Technician Plus License - receiving the call N4OJN.
(Susan, a Technician+ Class licensee, is active on VHF (147.195 and 147.33). She is an elected officer (as in previous occasions) serving as the current Secretary-Treasurer and is a CHARTER MEMBER (1986) of the club as well as a member of the ARRL. She is a supporter of ARES, RACES, SKYWARN, and has participated each year in the club's support of the annual Bridge-to-Bride Bike Ride event. -Ed)
From the March '86 newsletter (entitled "Lenoir Amateur Radio Newsletter" -after it was adopted as the official newsletter of the LARC but before it was renamed as the "News and Views"), it was noted that "effective with the April issue, QST will once again be available at the local newstands!". At some prior date, QST, the official Magazine of the ARRL, was discontinued from newstand sales (presumably to boost ARRL membership (at $25.00 bucks for yearly membership). But in redressing the decision, and allowing newstand sales once again, they stated it was to "...spread the word of the wonders of Amateur Radio to a greater public audience" - QST, March 86, Pg. 14.
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(Each month, a brief spotlight will appear here on equipment you may have seen at hamfest swap tables. This month it is the
Atlas 210X Transceiver
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Measuring only 3 1/2 H x 9 1/2 W x 10 D, the Atlas 210X was among the first of small, reasonably priced, all solid-state, 100 watt rigs ideally suited for mobile operations. Covering 5 bands in the 80-10 meter range (its sister transceiver, the Atlas 215X, covered 160-15 meters), the unit was ruggedly constructed and exhibited a stable VFO- highly desirable for mobile-type operations. In addition, a docking station was available (seen in picture) which converted the rig into an excellent base station with built-in 110V P.S., speaker, and controls. The Atlas 210X, once rarely seen at hamfest tables, are now beginning to surface. Expect to pay $275-$300.
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