{"id":4054,"date":"2015-11-27T01:11:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T01:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ni0l.com\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2015-11-27T01:11:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T01:11:57","slug":"kay-everett-calls-cq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/27\/kay-everett-calls-cq\/","title":{"rendered":"Kay Everett Calls CQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/covers.openlibrary.org\/b\/id\/6729916-M.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"273\" class \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanguard Press; First Edition edition (1951)<\/figcaption><\/figure>Pick up your D-104 and Press To Talk for&#8230; <strong>ADVENTURE<\/strong>! I purchased this book a while back and I finally dug it off the shelf. <em>Kay Everett Calls CQ<\/em>, by Amelia Lobsenz, is about a young college girl who takes a summer road trip from North Carolina out to the West with three friends, a travel trailer, and ham radio. For me, this book has several things going for it: (1) strong female protagonist (I have two daughters), (2) HF mobile (I <em>need<\/em> to get my rig installed in my new vehicle), and (3) a travel trailer trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/ni0l.com\/?p=3919\">Yellowstone National Park<\/a>, Idaho, and the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The plot centers around a jewel thief, who is also roaming the West, and Kay learning about the amateur radio hobby. Ham radio plays a critical role in several places and the author has the main characters explore several aspects of the hobby (&#8230; they even go to a hamfest).<\/p>\n<p>The author, Amelia Lobsenz, was an experienced ham, licensed in 1941. After a stent in publishing, she ran her own public relations firm. She based some of the characters on her actual friends, to include Theresa Korn, K7JGU. In the story, Terry, a YL and pilot, takes two of the girls flying over Idaho (aeronautical mobile, where they end up directing <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smokejumper\">smokejumpers<\/a> into a wildfire). The protagonist, Kay, is named after Ms. Lobsenz&#8217;s own daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Lobsenz used a 1940&#8217;s trip out West to serve as inspiration for Kay&#8217;s trip. Among the many places the girls go include:<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuges\/profiles\/index.cfm?id=61550\">National Elk Refuge National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Establishment_of_Grand_Teton_National_Park\">Grand Teton National Park<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/index.htm\">Yellowstone National Park<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/crmo\/index.htm\">Craters of the Moon National Monument<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; The Great Salt Lake in Utah<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/romo\/index.htm\">Rocky Mountain National Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amelia became a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1992\/09\/03\/obituaries\/amelia-lobsenz-executive-70.html\">Silent Key<\/a> in 1992, but I think her written work will live on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pick up your D-104 and Press To Talk for&#8230; ADVENTURE! 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