Amateur Radio Unit
Description
This unit includes correspondence, notes, photos, selected QSL cards, license application forms, amateur radio operator licenses, amateur radio station licenses, and government rules and regulations related to Kraus’ involvement with amateur radio from 1926 through 1994. Also included is a degree direction finder Kraus made for his ham radio work. See also the General Correspondence Series for Amateur Radio Miscellaneous correspondence and correspondence with Ray F. Cleveland, Carroll Stegall, and George Westcott; ON4CSL Correspondence Unit; the Lectures Series; Amateur Radio Clippings Subunit; and the 8AFJ and W8JK log books in the Log and Data Books Series. A collection including Kraus' books on amateur radio, additional QSL cards, photos of pre-World War II radio sets, and some equipment were donated by the Kraus estate to the Southern Appalachian Radio Museum in Asheville NC.
Creator
Papers of John Daniel Kraus
Type
Text
Start Date
1926
End Date
1944
Series
Notes & Papers Series
Size of Item
0.5 linear feet
Citation
Papers of John Daniel Kraus, “Amateur Radio Unit,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed May 3, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/30797.