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Trotwood, Ohio, Hamvention Draws Ham Radio Enthusiasts.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  May, 2004  

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By Ben Sutherly, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 16--TROTWOOD, Ohio -- Some kids trade baseball cards, but Andrew Kelly and Lorilei Alley prefer cards of the QSL variety.

The two youths, both representing a Maryland amateur radio club Saturday at Hara Arena during the Dayton Hamvention, collect the cards as proof of their radio contacts with people around the world. The cards include the person's call sign and frequency.

Andrew, 14, has 130 QSLs, among them cards mailed from Kuwait, Liberia, Ireland, Spain and the Canary Islands.

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