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FARA - The Early Years
Transcribed by Karen Hess
The Framingham Amateur Radio Association, formerly called the Community Radio Association, is fortunate to have the notes dating back to the Club's first meeting. Karen Hess, W1RH's XYL, has transcribed the hand written notes, verbatim, and they will appear in this and future issues of the Circuit. They make for fascinating reading!
May 13, 1933
The 8th regular meeting of the C.A.R.A. was called to order in the basement auditorium of the Civic League by Vice Pres. J. D. McLean.
The report of the Secty. was read and accepted.
Announcement was made by the Secty. of recognized affiliation by the A.R.R.L.
Mr. Bennett (W1BTH) of the N. E. Radiophone Club gave a short talk on the activities of that organization and extended an invitation to the phone men present to join, the dues being $1.50 yearly.
12 visiting members were present. 31 local members and visitors were present. 37 tickets for refreshments were sold.
After adjournment of the business meeting, Mr. Purnby of the Delta Mfg. Co. gave a talk on the function of the input choke on filtered power supplies.
Resp. submitted
C. R. Crosby
Secty.
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Whether or not you're a DX'er, this month's card is a real gem. The card, from the W1FY archives and a former club member (W1RVA), is from the long ago deleted DXCC entity of Trieste. Trieste was deleted as a DXCC entity on March 31, 1957. Contacts after that date count for Italy. The date on the card is 1949. The QSO was made on 10 meter AM phone. The Trieste call sign was MF2AA. The transmitter consisted of a pair of 807's and the receiver was a Hallicrafters SX-28.
Trieste, located in northeastern Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste, at the northeastern extremity of the Adriatic Sea, is a major seaport with several shipyards. It has a long, complicated history. Trieste was built as a Roman port in the first century, BC. After the AD 400's, it fell successively to the Huns, the Byzantine Empire, the Lombards, and the Franks. Later it became a free commune. In 1932, Trieste placed itself under the protection of Austria, maintaining that status until after World War I. At the conclusion of World War I, the city, in which Italian culture had flourished, was assigned to Italy. Yugoslav troops captured the city in 1945, during World War
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II. After World War II, the area was claimed by Yugoslavia, mainly because the area outside the city of Trieste is predominantly Slovenian. The Western powers opposed Yugoslavia's claim. As a compromise, the Free Territory of Trieste was created, in 1947, under the protection of the UN Security Council. When the Security Council was unable to agree on a governor for the territory, Anglo-American forces occupied Zone A, consisting of Italian-speaking Trieste, while the Yugoslavs occupied Zone B. In 1954, in a compromise agreement, Zone A was placed under Italian administration and Zone B under Yugoslav administration. The solution amounted to a partition of the Free Territory, which then ceased to exist.
If you worked Trieste, you worked one of the rare ones. The operator, Major M. H. R. Carragher, G3BQZ, most likely was assigned to a peace keeping contingent in Zone A.
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