DUNNING CELEBRATES RADIO CLUB EXPANSION Last Thursday, Dean John R. Dunning made the final connect- tion between the Radio Club's transmitting and receiving equip- ment on the fourteenth floor of SWM and its new antennas atop the highest roof of the Mudd Building. The club just recently moved into the Mudd Building from the old engineering building, now the mathematics building. A "shack" was constructed for them in the elevator lobby on the fourteenth floor of SWM, and antennas have been partial- ly completed on the roof. Lead wires of 150 feet have been put in place to connect the antennas and the shack, In the picture adjacent to this article, the antenna nearest the top of the mast Is used for the two meter ham band. The lower antenna is one section of a "tribander" beam which is for use on the 10, 15, and 20 meter bands, These latter bands bands, especially the 15 and 20 meter bands, are of special interest because of their distance capa- bilities, under good conditions, it is expected that contacts will be made with every contin- ent, The club hopes to install remote control rotating equip- ment, which would enable them to direct the antenna from their shack, in the near future, New Transmitter Purchased The club has just obtained a new high-powered transmitter capable of one kilowatt input power, This unit, which is al- most totally automated, was obtained by the club at a nomi- nal cost, The original cost to the Unites States was somewhere on the order of $50,000, The units are surplus which are being made available to educational institutions for almost no cost. To give an idea of the precision of this instrument, it tunes itself and is capable of a fre- quency accuracy to the nearest ten cycles per second. Started in 1907 The first records of an ama- teur radio station at Columbia indicate that, in 1907, there was a spark-gap transmitter lo- cated In the basement of Chand- ler hall. Later the club moved to the old engineering building, where it remained until its re- cent move to SWM, There was a hiatus of approximiately one year in the club's operation while the move to SWM was being under- taken, At present, the club has twenty-five members and it is expected that the number will increase since the club is oper- ating again. Offers Code and Theory Classes The club is presently con- ducting code and theory classes at 6 pm every Thursday at the shack, The purpose of these classes is to "teach all those interested in the necessary know- ledge to pass the FCC license examinations," according to Ernie Bergmann, the club presi- dent. The club's phone extension is 726 and all those interested are invited either to call or to come up to the shack.