maa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn) (03/13/86)
Sometime in the 1950's or 1960's there was a novel written which had ham radio in it. It was written for a teen age to pre-teen age audiance. Unfortunately I can't remember the title or author. I only remember that one of the charactors was Randy Morrow who was interested in learning to become a radio ham and another charactor was Chip Morton or it may have be Morson??? Chip was allready a ham when the story began and he was a bit unfriendly to Randy but opened up and help Randy get his novice license as the story went on. A third charactor was Dave something - - maybee Schefield - - who worked at a TV station. If anyone out there remembers anything about that book, I would very much appreciate it if they let me know! Thank you very much in advance!! Mark A. Allyn !uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!maa 206-773-3437
jp@lanl.ARPA (James Potter) (03/22/86)
The novels are: "CQ ghost ship" "SOS at midnight" "DX brings danger" all are by Walker A. Tompkins (K6ATX) The hero is Tommy Rockford. There has been a fourth one recently released according to an ad I just received. The books are available from Ham Radio Magazine whose address I don't have handy. They are accurate (as reasonably as the stories allow) in their depiction of ham radio. And are written for a young audience. Jr. High or early H.S. probably is the best age group. One of the books was made into a TV movie, I believe, but I don't remember which one. 73 Jim, K9GXC