46° F | Schenectady, NY
Ham radio fans at Van Antwerp Junior High listen for signals in 1967. From left are John Breuer, Randy Cahall, Philip Weissman and Rob MacKenzie. The Van Antwerp radio gang’s call letters were “WB2ALD.”
Related Story
Advertisement
twitter
facebook
redditPhoto Gallery
'67 Communications Scrapbook
Photos in Gallery: 5
Posted: May 21, 2012
Jane Cary and Fred Schempp were both part of a communications boom in Schenectady in 1967.
Cary talked to local friends on the mobile telephone tucked under the dashboard of her Chevrolet Impala convertible. Schempp used a ham radio to reach folks all over the world. Cary could talk on her mobile phone without any worries about breaking the law in ’67. And texting was still decades away. Schempp and about 14 of his friends at Van Antwerp Junior High School in Niskayuna were in the ham radio brigade. The electronics fans had been assembled in February 1967 by Robert Brown, who taught industrial arts at the school.
Purchase photos at our online photo store.
