''] 've been looking forward to this for a long time . . . Now it looks as though ererything's coming together. " -Bill Ryan Karen Ashley Keeth - Crossett , AR Patricia Lynne Keith - Myr tle Beach , SC Karen Denise Kelley - Humbold t, TN Michael Shawn Kelly - Searcy , AR Shannon James Kepler - Owasso , OK Laura Ann Killen - Mission Hills, KS Charles Lynn King - Litt le Rock , AR Brett Alan Kirkman - Wilmington , NC Sonya Lynn Kiser - Waynesboro, VA Craig Charles Kisseberth - Westmi nster, CA Carla Ann Klein - Littleton, CO James Lyndon Knapp - Vienna , WV Adrian Lee Knight - Salinas , CA Sandra Garfield Knutsen - Fayetteville , NY John Arthur Kolumba - Waynesville, MO Christopher Ian Lacy - Searcy, AR Lavonna Faith Lafferty - Lynchburg, VA Sharon J. Lamb - Delight , AR Keith Eric Lammons - Jacksonville, FL Donnie Wayne Lance - Mountain Home, AR Carol Alice Landerfelt - Wilt on , CT Mark Allen Landis - Bluff City , TN Rhonda Lee Laney - Lanett , AL Melanie Dawn Lanier - Gahanna , OH Sheryl Ann Latimore - Memphi s, TN Gayla Renee Lawrence - Searcy, AR Rebecca Lynn Leavell - Memphis, TN Billy Don Ledbetter - Sanford , FL 216 Juniors Uniting families around the world T his year Harding expanded both its assets and its opportunities with the acquisition of a short-wave radio. The set , located in the Missions Preparation Lab in the basement of the Bible building, was used in a number of ways. With it , for instance, students and faculty members were able to talk to missionaries who had been licensed to operate short-wave systems. This provided for the exchange of current news , as well as a "link with home" for many in foreign lands. The main body of the equipment , which included two receivers , two transmitters, and a low frequency amplifier, was donated by Mrs . Carroll Leonard, the mother of a former student. To this, $1,500 was added by the Ezell Foundation and various congregations so that the school could purchase an antenna and a linear amplifier. The amplifier boosted the power of the set to the 1,000 watts necessary for global range. The station was dedicated at the raising of the antenna on January 11. The project was also seen as a community service. In the case of an Antenna . Bill Ryan leads the way by const ruct ing the antenna fo r th e short w ave radio . With th is radio , fore ign students cou ld talk to family members and students could talk to other students w ho were away at HUF. - photo by P.R. O ffice . emergency, the set could be used as a link to information which would otherwise have been inaccessible. It could also be used to contact authorities if other forms of communication had been incapacitated. The set was available to all interested students and faculty through the HAM Club. The club , which was composed of both licensed operators and those "just learning, " organized classes and set up times when the radio could be used . The classes met two hours a week for roughly ten weeks, and taught students the three requirements for FCC licensing: Morse code, electronic theory, and FCC regulations. There students also learned how to operate the systei]l which was given the call sign of K3RDX-Portable 5. Dr. William Ryan, under whose license the set is authorized, said that the concept of a short-wave facility had been discussed by the administration for some time. Unfortunately, neither enough interest nor enough money was available to get the operation established. With the donation of equipment , however, the other obstacles were overcome rather easily. "I've been looking forward to this for a long time ... Ever since I got here, " he said. "Now it looks like everything's coming together. " 11t - Bill Rankin
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