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An eighteen-year-old ham radio buff accompanies his uncle on a mission to break up a gang of sea pirates.
191 pages, Unknown Binding
Published January 1, 1971
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February 8, 2026
Good wholesome series! Fueled a deep interest in HAM radio.
February 19, 2018
Just now discovered that after one of my favorite ham radio books, SOS At Midnight, they actually have a series following the character!!
Not quiet as good as the first book, (but then, are the sequels usually?). While it was very interesting and exciting, I was disappointed in the slightly chopped style at times, and the fact that the girl character was very much uninteresting or unique-I felt like the author threw her in just for a love interest, and the story would have been much better without her.
The dislikes out of the way, here are the likes, and plot synopsis.
We start out crossing the Canadian border back into Washington state, with our main character and his uncle, JC-short for Julius Caesar-as his Uncle finally lets him in on the real reason for the road trip.Which is to ferret out a major smuggling ring off of the coast, that has baffled the Insurance Companies investigator's, with it's amazing radio transmissions that are impossible to crack, as they rob ships and distribute the goods.
They stop in a little town to investigate, and in come a interesting assortment of characters-or non interesting, however you like.
Noisy Noyce, the ingenious twelve year old-practically-orphan who is rather endearing.
The Beachcomber. A man out of a Disney movie, who lives in a cabin he built himself, out of driftwood from broken ships over the years.
Trudy, completely beautiful and perfect girl who loves ham radio and wins Tommy's heart.
the seemingly innocent-yet-not innocent caretaker of a ship yard, who is actually our lead criminal-Gorin.
And an odd assortment of other villagers.
Interesting, intriguing, with a whole lot of Ham talk, this book while not as good, is still good enough for a pleasant read. 73, as the Ham radio operator's say...
Not quiet as good as the first book, (but then, are the sequels usually?). While it was very interesting and exciting, I was disappointed in the slightly chopped style at times, and the fact that the girl character was very much uninteresting or unique-I felt like the author threw her in just for a love interest, and the story would have been much better without her.
The dislikes out of the way, here are the likes, and plot synopsis.
We start out crossing the Canadian border back into Washington state, with our main character and his uncle, JC-short for Julius Caesar-as his Uncle finally lets him in on the real reason for the road trip.Which is to ferret out a major smuggling ring off of the coast, that has baffled the Insurance Companies investigator's, with it's amazing radio transmissions that are impossible to crack, as they rob ships and distribute the goods.
They stop in a little town to investigate, and in come a interesting assortment of characters-or non interesting, however you like.
Noisy Noyce, the ingenious twelve year old-practically-orphan who is rather endearing.
The Beachcomber. A man out of a Disney movie, who lives in a cabin he built himself, out of driftwood from broken ships over the years.
Trudy, completely beautiful and perfect girl who loves ham radio and wins Tommy's heart.
the seemingly innocent-yet-not innocent caretaker of a ship yard, who is actually our lead criminal-Gorin.
And an odd assortment of other villagers.
Interesting, intriguing, with a whole lot of Ham talk, this book while not as good, is still good enough for a pleasant read. 73, as the Ham radio operator's say...
November 7, 2017
Enjoyed it as a kid, and again, fifty years on.
August 23, 2013
Published in the mid-80s during a time when cellphones were not a fixture of our lives, the story incorporates the use of ham radio to solve a mystery centered on the coast of Washington. Good characters - squeaky clean teens and devious villains - are fun and made for easy reading.
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