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Kay Everett calls CQ

by Amelia Lobsenz

A trailer trip taken during a summer vacation by Kay Everett and two other high school girls who join college student Jane Carlton, an amateur radio operator, in touring the western portion of the country. They meet with many adventures including a tangle with a jewel thief. Kay, who has been receiving instructions on amateur radio from Jane, is able to trap the thief by going on the air for the first time in an exciting climax to the story. Amateur radio is used by the girls to contact their parents at home and to visit with other hams along the way. The hobby is accurately portrayed. [abridged from QST magazine for August, 1951]