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This has not always been the case. From 1912 until late in the 20's the College boasted, one of the nation's most respected calls--W1AF. Equipment for the club was loaned by Alexander Hamilton Rice, Professor of Geographical Exploration and Director of the Institute of Geographical Exploration. The shack was located on top of Soldiers Field where an efficient antenna gave the transmitter top facilities for that time...
...members and fame until hams the world over make a habit of "copying" it regularly. In the fall of 1925, the club established contact with members of the Geographical Institute who were engaged in a trail-breaking exploration of the Amazson wilds. For week, they relayed messages through W1AF, keeping touch with friends and reporting on their progress...
Started in 1941 as a radio club outgrowth of Geography 37's course in field communications, W1AF, operating under a Federal Communication Commission license, carried on general amateur traffic, and worked with field expeditions until the war caused termination of its functions...
Members of W1AF, at the University's 1947 summer session, would then maintain contact with Kent's Island, obtaining such information as weather reports and results of field trips. W1AF would also handle traffic with the SS Bowdoin on its yearly trip to Greenland and the Arctic...
Organized by Dr. A. Hamilton Rice, Director of the Geographical Institute, W1AF will, at first, be limited to 10 to 15 students of Geography 37; but Coburn said that other members may be elected by special vote after the short-wave station swings into full operation...