The Freeman Journal reports on the radio amateurs taking part in Iowa Railroads on the Air special event
The newspaper says:Huddled over their microphones, a handful of people occupied the picnic tables under the trees next to the old Illinois Central Depot at Wilson Brewer Park on Tuesday [August 16] afternoon.
Organized by the Great River Amateur Radio Club, which is in the Dubuque neighborhood, IRROTA began in July and is continuing through August 2022.
“This will be a great opportunity to remember Iowa’s railroad history and the railroad depots across the state,” Great River said in an online statement.
“Iowa has approximately 375 former railroad depots,” it said in its instructions to the radio enthusiasts. “Most have been abandoned, others are active railroad depots, some, such as the one in Dubuque have become museums, some have become business buildings, and some have been drug to other sites to serve other purposes.
“You can operate from any of these train depots.”
Jeff Prater, of Ames, an emeritus professor of music from Iowa State, thought bringing the group to the Webster City depot would serve a double purpose.
Read the full story at
https://www.freemanjournal.net/news/local-news/2022/08/cq-cq-cq/
IRROTA – Iowa Railroads on the Air
https://www.w0dbq.org/rr