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                         </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div id="gmail-story"><h1><img align="right" src="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14937473_1269893629700820_1789563574278240884_n.jpg?oh=f69d75d1f86980d7973284a02816c0bb&amp;oe=589F9EF6">The Phantom and ham radio</h1><p>                      The comic strip character <strong>The Phantom</strong> has used amateur radio several times in the past 70 years and the ARRL reports he is doing so again <br><br>                    The venerable comic strip “The Phantom,” originally inked by Lee Falk starting in the 1930s, has recently resurrected Amateur Radio as a plot device. </p><p>“The Ghost Who Walks” has resorted to ham radio in the past, dating to the early days of the strip, when the Phantom needed to get a vital message through — on one occasion using a phone patch.<br><br>                      In the latest appearance of amateur radio The Phantom uses Morse code to establish communications to the Himalayas from his jungle hideaway, Skull Cave.<br><br>                      The series began with a daily newspaper strip on February 17, 1936, followed by a color Sunday strip on May 28, 1939; both are still running. At its peak, the strip was read by over 100 million people daily and the character has been adapted for television, film and video games. <br><br>                      Appearing in more than 500 newspapers around the world, “The Phantom” now is penned by Mike Manley, written by Tony DePaul, and distributed by King Features.<br><br>                      Read the ARRL story at <br><a href="http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-keeps-phantom-in-touch-with-the-outside-world-from-the-skull-cave" target="_blank">http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-keeps-phantom-in-touch-with-the-outside-world-from-the-skull-cave</a><br><br>                      Wiki <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>