Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Times
Wednesday, February 2, 1977, page 16 (of 29)
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Being a family of hams is more than a hobby
By KAY SEVERINSEN Staff Writer If W4CAZ (Art) got on one radio, and WB4RFB (Marion) got on another, the Rauch family of South Dade would still have ham radios for at least three more people. That's what happens when you get bit by the ham radio bug' says Mrs. Marion Rauch, "You always think, if I just had one more." It's a family hobby that costs thousands of dollars, but for the Rauch's it's worth it. Art Rauch spends several hours a day on the radio, and has made friends all over the world. With special licenses for radio operation, Art can contact Argentina, China, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, almost any country at all. But sunspots can greatly affect reception, Mrs. Rauch says. But Art knows only English and Spanish. "If they are talking in Spanish, they have to talk very, very slowly, Mrs. Rauch says. The Rauch's will be manning the American Radio Relay League's booth at the 17th Annual Tropical Hamboree, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 22 and 23 at the Bayfront Park Municipal Auditorium. A ham finds friends over the air by listening to different frequencies until he hears a familiar voice. "Art belongs to the "rooster net", a club that meets on the air early in the morning," says Mrs. Rauch. "Every year they used to meet for a picnic. Some would drive three or four days just to get there." A ham radio can also bring old friends or family together over the air. "We knew two sisters from Argentina who were visiting here. We arranged [TEXT LOST] talk to their parents over the radio, and way they didn't get quite as homesick," Mrs. Rauch remembers. For some countries, it is also legal to patch the radio call onto a telephone. That way, someone from Germany could call someone in Miami if the Miami ham hooks the call into a telephone. However, that kind of call is one way. Germany can talk for a few minutes, then the call is switched and Miami talks, etc. Although the radio conversations are usually kept light, the Rauch's have found they make lots of friends. "You tell someone to stop by if they're ever in Miami, and then one day you get a phone call saying 'hi, I'm here', Mrs. Rauch says. "Once we had a guy show up from the Swan Islands in the Caribbean." Although ham radio resembles citizen's band radio in some ways, hams don't like to be referred to as CBers. "I don't know if they look down at CBers, maybe some do," says Mrs. Rauch. "But hams have had to study to get a license, and they get higher classes of licenses the more tests they take." "CB is limited to 150 miles, but a ham radio can go anywhere" she continues. "During a disaster, often a ham radio is the communication that can get through. An earthquake may knock out telephone lines, but ham radios often have emergency generators."
SD women receive diplomas
A number of South Dade residents were recipients of diplomas from the John Robert Powers Modeling and Finishing School on Jan. 29. Among those completing the 4 1⁄2-month course were students Odalis Mestre, Coral Gables High School, Cindy Spawver, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, and Robin Abbott, South Dade Senior High School. South Dade career women receiving diplomas, were Robbie Simpson, Mary McLaughin, Charlene Boshung, Marion Gomez, Virginia Kurtz and Andrea Goldman.
New officers
This octet comprises the newly-installed 1977 officers of the Florida South Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and their wives. Shown are (left to right): Vice President/President-Elect Charles Harrison Pawley and wife, Barbara, and Treasurer H. Richard Schuster and wife, Lori, all of South Miami; President Jose Feito and wife Mary Ester, Coral Gables, and Secretary Charles M. Sieger and his wife, Barbara, who is also president of the Women's Architectural League.
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