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Handihams’ Sister Alverna O’Laughlin, ex-WA0SGJ, SK

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Handiham stalwart Sister Alverna O’Laughlin, ex-WA0SGJ, of Rochester, Minnesota, died on May 30. She was 84. Sister Alverna joined the then-fledgling organization in its earliest days, when founder Ned Carman, W0ZSW, came up with the idea of sharing Amateur Radio with people who had disabilities.

“Ned enlisted the help of a group of local nuns, the Sisters of St Francis, on April 30, 1967,” reti...

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