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ARLX011 AA8FQ runs for charity

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Special Bulletin 11  ARLX011
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  March 9, 1994
To all radio amateurs


AA8FQ runs for charity

Fred Doob, AA8FQ, raised more than 2000 dollar(s) for the Childrens Cancer
Research Fund while running the Los Angeles Marathon.

Fred made more than 400 contacts on 144 and 440 MHz using a hand
held transceiver; a commercial manufacturer donated 5 dollar(s) to the CCRF
for each contact Fred made.

Fred, 47, topped his run last November in the New York City Marathon
by 100 contacts and his time was better, too, by 15 minutes.  ''I
average about 3.5 hours in a marathon without radio, and about 5
hours when I operate. Listening to the radio takes your mind away
from the mental concentration necessary to run 26 miles.''

Fred's operation was coordinated by the Baldwin Hills Amateur Radio
Club, organized by President Ed Walker, WA6MDJ.  Fred's principal
net control, Keith Glispie, WA6TFD, ''did a great job.  But more
people should use phonetics; it's hard to hear when you're running.''

KCOB-TV, Channel 11, ran a story about AA8FQ's run for charity the
evening of the marathon, with film both of him, at the finish line,
and inside the Amateur Radio communications tent.  Amateurs provide
a medical net as well as a ''start'' and a ''finish'' net.  Greg Powell,
KD6AIS, helped to arrange the television coverage.

Fred Doob will be at the Dayton Hamvention; look for him at the
Solder-It booth.
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