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To pose an Ask Dave question, email to askdave@arrl.org. Feel free to include pictures or drawings to help clarify. I may answer your question directly, via an Ask Dave video, or in my monthly column "Ask Dave" in QST.
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I use drawings from OpenClipArt.org, including the "walking man"
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My Amazon author page, which lists my print and Kindle books: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00471I0Q4.
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