A Comprehensive History of the Bliley Electric Company: 1930-1955 by Charles A. Bliley, K3NAU

Dawson's 2 Meter AM station used to set the DX record with Iowa.

The pipe to the right of the desk is the mast of his rooftop antenna array. It was rotated by hand from within the radio shack. The mast passed through a regional map on a board at the desktop. It had a mechanical pointer indicating the current heading. Circa 1954.

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