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Los Angeles: SM, Phineas J. Icenbice, Jr., W6BF

Fifteen meters has been very good for solid DX contacts this summer. 9V1RH in Singapore provided an excellent hour long contact recently. David was telling me about land prices near his location. He said that ½ acre would be about one million US dollars. He said most people who were buying land at that price were planning to erect tall buildings. David also mentioned that many of the new buildings would be at least 60 stories. Next time I will ask about the Amateur radio antenna permit situation in Singapore.

The new Feb. 2001, Los Angeles building permit rules are on the internet at: www.ladbs.org/Permits/Permits2/Buidling_Permits/buidling_permits.htm good luck, it came up ok for me the other day. If you have trouble with a long address, try the first half or so, of the long address. This approach has worked for me many times. (You may notice that the word building has two letters reversed, that is the way it works in down town LA, don't try to change it!!)

K6HV, Bill Stewart, ex Collins Radio Engineer is now 91 years young. Bill's birthday celebration was attended by: N6OU, Edgar & xyl Irene, KF6RNX, W6EL, Shell, W6BF & xyl Louise, and several other hams. Several Engineers who were in attendance have been on-the-air for more than 60 years. I first met Bill in 1938, when Art Collins introduced Bill as one of his best engineers to show me around the Collins facility. This facility was located on 1st Ave NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. One of the high lights of the visit was inspecting one the first transmitters built by Collins and used by Admiral Byrd on his trip to the South Pole. The frame support for this transmitter was solid oak soaked in paraffin. Bill at the time was researching the possible use of a new Raytheon tube, the RK-20 for use in the next generation Collins transmitters. Vy 73 de Phineas, W6BF

Phineas J. Icenbice Jr, W6BF, Section Manager
19323 Halsted St Northridge, CA 91324	818-349-3186 e-mail: w6bf@arrl.org

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