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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Lesson Of The Day: Black History Facts, Harold Jackson, Everett Renfore..

Keeping It Real: Harold Jackson, the first Black licensed ham radio operator in Canada (1923). 
 
Harold Jackson was also city correspondent of the Ontario Division to the American Radio Relay League. He opened Jackso
n’s Radio Repair in 1925 in Chatham, Ontario.

In 1921, one of the first Black licensed ham radio operator in America was Everett Renfroe of Chicago. When Renfroe entered the Chicago downtown post office to take his amateur exam the examiner asked "what are you doing here?" Ya Dig?...

 

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