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Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) Founder Les Mitchell, G3BHK, SK

With JOTA 2014 a little more than 1 week away comes word that its “founding father,” Les Mitchell, G3BHK, died on October 6. Mitchell started JOTA in 1958, after launching the idea a year earlier at the World Scout Jamboree. That was the first year the Jamboree had an Amateur Radio station on site, and it’s had one every year since.

“Little did I think when I drew up the plans and rules for the …

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Tuskegee Airman and Congressional Gold Medal Recipient George Mitchell, K6ZE, SK

ARRL Life Member, long-time Amateur Radio operator and Tuskegee Airman George T. Mitchell, K6ZE, of San Diego, California, died September 4. He was 94. During World War II Mitchell taught Morse code to the pioneering black aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

In 2007, Mitchell was among the group of Tuskegee Airmen veterans to belatedly receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the United States’…

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Roan Mountain

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Some of the beautiful nature you’ll find atop Roan Mountain

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Mount Mitchell

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Nighttime from the Blue Ridge Parkway

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