Show henefer man Is radio base operator most people frown on the idea ol of a touch but not so mr and mrs glen tweed of henefer He neter who received this message from their son A ac jim tweed serving at lackland air force base I 1 greetings mom an and d D dad urgently J need 20 tor for u unexpected expenses please rush by fastest means seconds later a lackland basic trainee trainee wrote this urgent message to his parents radio beams of the military affiliate radio service were relaying the communication to the airmans home town messages such as these are sent to neighboring cities or around the world as a iree services to airmen by MARS MAPS radio few airmen realize the tree free services offered by MARS A ac tweed said as he contacted base eions messages brought to the lackland MARS station are transmitted on a frequency as assigned sigried by a central station at offutt neb stations within the same frequency range of lackland receive and relay the message until the destination may be reached by local telephone when there Is a toll charge or no telephone the nearest MARS station sends the message by post card |