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It's not your grandfather's ham radio get-together. At least that's what Diane Ortiz of Amityville says while pointing out the seemingly old-fashioned gadget still has practical use today.  “All those places where people need to communicate, but can’t use a cell phone, they use amateur radios,” says Ortiz, committee member for hamradiouniversity.org. “That’s what...

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