Larry Van Horn, New Products Editor Axis Sally – that you want. You can operate the 1775 on any Desk Top “Noise Away” of six amateur radio bands – 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 The Desk Top “Noise Away” from bhi and 2 meters, and run full 1500 Watts SSB/CW The American Voice of Ltd. is a stylish matt black, robust base station on all HF bands. speaker for use in radio communications, es- This antenna features automatic band pecially amateur One of the most notorious Americans of the switching, and, with 6- and 2-meters thrown in, radio, two‑way twentieth century was a failed Broadway actress you have ham radio’s most versatile rotatable radio and HF ra- turned radio announcer named Mildred Gillars dipole. dio. It is suitable (1900-1988), better known to American GIs as Each HF band uses a separate, efficient, for all bands and “Axis Sally.” Despite the richness of her life end‑loading coil wound on fiberglass forms with is easy to set up story, there has Teflon wire, and capacitance hats at each end and control via never been a full- (no lossy traps).Six and 2-meters are full‑length the microproces- length biography halfwave dipoles. Adjusting the SWR on one sor-controlled of the ambitious, band has little effect on other bands. pushbuttons on star-struck Ohio This antenna is built‑to‑last with an incred- the front of the girl who evolved ibly strong solid rod fiberglass center insulator speaker grill. It into a reviled dis- and 6063 T‑6 aircraft strength aluminum tubing comes with a seminator of Nazi radiator. It’s easy to assemble and can be put mounting bracket propaganda. together in one afternoon. that can be left on or removed depending on At the out- The MFJ-1775 sells for $249.95 plus ship- personal choice. break of war in ping and is available direct from MFJ (www. The unit is supplied with a 1.2 meter audio September 1939, mfjenterprises.com) and most major amateur cable with a molded 3.5mm jack plug and banana Mildred had been radio dealers. living in Germa- plugs, plus a fused DC power lead (12-18 volts ny for five years. at 300 mA). Hoping to marry, she chose to remain in the The feature set for this new quality DSP Nazi-run state even as the last American de- speaker includes: 2010‑2014 Technician • 4-inch bass driver and a 1-inch tweeter unit parted for home. In 1940, she was hired by the • 2.5 Watt amplifed DSP noise cancelling unit German overseas radio, where she evolved from Class Study Guide • Wide audio input level 50 ‑ 500 mW released by Gordon West, WB6NOA a simple disc jockey and announcer to a master • Four or seven flter levels (selectable) with propagandist. Under the tutelage of her married visual and audio indications of flter level If you want to pass your Technician amateur lover, Max Otto Koischwicz, Gillars became • Noise reduction 9 - 24 dB and tone reduction radio license exam the first time out, then you the personification of Nazi propaganda to the 4 - 65 dB need study with the best – the new 2010 Gordon American GI. The “Noise Away” sells for $230.00 and West Technician Manual. Spicing her broadcast with music, Mildred is available from W4RT Electronics (www. Known as Gordo to his friends and fellow used her soothing voice to taunt Allied troops w4rt.com) and GAP Antenna Products (www. hams on the air, he is one of the best-known about the supposed infidelities of their wives gapantenna.com). hams in the radio hobby today. This is primar- and girlfriends back home, as well as the horrible ily a result of his classic body of work over the deaths they were likely to meet on the battlefield. MFJ-1775 Rotatable years, including his comprehensive amateur Supported by German military intelligence, she radio license exam was able to convey personal greetings to indi- Dipole study books, which vidual US units, creating an eerie foreboding If you live in a town house, apartment or continue to be a among troops who realized the Germans knew condo, and want to operate on the HF ham bands, major source for who and where they were. your options have been limited in the antennas newcomers in the After broadcasting for up to the very you can use. Now MFJ has a possible answer hobby. end of the war, Gillars unsuccessfully tried to to your antenna woes – the MFJ-1775 Rotatable Gordon is a pose as a refugee and was captured by US au- 6-Band Dipole Antenna. contributing edi- thorities. Her 1949 trial for treason captured the tor to both CQ and attention and raw emotion of a nation fresh from CQ VHF magazines the horrors of the Second World War. Gillar’s and is a frequent twelve-year imprisonment and life on parole, speaker at amateur including a stay in a convent, is a remarkable radio conventions story of a woman who attempts to rebuild her and club meetings. life in the country she betrayed. He has also written Written by Richard Lucas, a freelance extensively on topics relating to maritime VHF writer and lifelong shortwave radio enthusiast, You can hardly see this mini 14 foot rotat- radio and ham radio for RV use, as well as on Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany able dipole from across the street. Its tiny 7‑foot electronics topics for commercial electronic is the first thoroughly documented look at this turning radius fits on the smallest roof. The magazines. mythologized figure of World War II. MFJ‑1775 is inconspicuous and low profile – His newest study guide covers the Techni- This is a hard cover book with 288 pages. not much bigger than a TV antenna – and can cian class question pool that became effective To order or for more information contact CASE- easily be turned by a lightweight TV rotator. Its on July 1, 2010 and runs through June 30, 2014 MATE, 908 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083 directivity reduces interference (QRM)/noise for examination; it contains a complete study (www.casematepublishing.com). and lets you focus your signal in the direction guide with answer explanations. This new edition has been re‑organized

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