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Judy Garland a Ham?

Editor, CQ:

I enjoyed the “Hams – Past – Present – Future” article (CQ Classics, December 2020) but I take issue with the parenthetical remark “Judy Garland is a ham.” Where did that come from? I’m clearly not an expert on Judy Garland but nothing I have ever read about her life mentioned her being a ham radio operator. She was in a movie with Mickey Rooney where ham radio was part of the plot, but that’s as close as Ms. Garland gets to ham radio, at least in anything I have read about her

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