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General Meeting Monday January 5th, 2015 at 7:00PM

December 9, 2014 by John Comanzo

Telegraphers During the Civil War

Dave Hochfelder, SUNY Albany

The Telegraph in America

This presentation will explore the experiences of military telegraph operators during the Civil War. Telegraphers with the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps experienced many of the same dangers and hardships as front-line troops. However, the Telegraph Corps was not part of the Army’s chain of command. Telegraphers indulged in legendary feats of drinking and pranks that no military commander would have tolerated.

Dave Hochfelder is an associate professor of history at University at Albany, SUNY. He is the author of “The Telegraph in America: 1832-1920”. Before returning to graduate school for history, he was an electrical engineer in the electric power industry. He is also an Extra Class amateur, callsign N2HTA, though he is not active on the air due to space limitations at home. When he was active, his favorite band and mode was 30 Meters CW. He still does broadcast band and longwave DXing.

Dave will also have copies of his book for sale at the meeting.

SARA meetings are generally held in the Little Theatre of the Niskayuna High School on Balltown Road unless otherwise noted. Attendees should enter the school through the cafeteria entrance located on the side of the school, adjacent to the Nott Street Extension school parking lot.

If Niskayuna High School cancels evening classes and activities, the SARA meeting will normally be cancelled and possibly rescheduled. Listen to the SARA 147.060 repeater for meeting information and whether the meeting will be rescheduled.


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About SARA

The Schenectady Amateur Radio Association (SARA) was established in 1930. The club station, K2AE, is the Henry Primm Broughton Memorial Station. SARA operates repeaters on  2 meters (147.06 MHz.), and on 70 centimeters (444.200 MHz.) which are located at the top of Crawford Hill in Schenectady County near New York State Thruway exit 26.

The club is an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) affiliate and has about 100 members from all over New York State’s Capital District (Albany, Schenectady, Troy), and beyond.

For additional information about the ARRL see https://arrl.org

Last updated: 31-August-22