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Bill Tasker, 93, uses his call sign WGXG to communicate with other ham radio operators around the world. Tasker, a lieutenant colonel during World War II, got involved with amateur radios in 1965 and is still going strong.
Ham Radios: The only means of communication during a disaster
By Sarmishta Ramesh
At his home in Sunnyvale, Howard Krawetz walks into a room he calls his office. But more than an office, it's a private sanctum for his most cherished radio collection.  More
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It turns out the Friends of Sunnyvale weren't even close to obtaining the correct number of signatures to get their three initiatives on the November ballot.  More Three schools in the Fremont Union High School District—Homestead, Lynbrook and Monta Vista—have been selected as 2003 California Distinguished Schools.  More The Sunnyvale Public Library has come to mean more to the city's residents than just a place to curl up with a good book.  More
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