J.K. (Jim) George will appear at Book People, in downtown Austin, on Tuesday, March 1st, at 7 p.m. Please join him for comments about his newest book, "Contact Sport: A Story of Champions, Airwaves, and a One-Day Race Around the World." George will discuss the "World Championship of Ham Radio," how "Contact Sport" came to be, and the dramatic and contentious razor close finish was resolved.
Written by JK James George
J. K. (Jim) George writer and student of the world has been an avid amateur radio enthusiast, with special love for Morse code and radiosporting, since his teenage years, over fifty years ago. He started his hobby listening to short-wave broadcasts and long-distance AM radio stations. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech, where he was president of the VT Amateur Radio Club and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Engineering after serving as Chair of the Advisory Boards for both Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as the College of Engineering.
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