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‘Better set up your transceiver before you go, Cal,’ says Pop Ewell, ‘so’s you can call us if you get in a fix.’
‘Use the 153 megahertz band,’ says Cutter. ‘We’ll have someone here listenin’ out for you the whole time you’re away.’
You set your radio to the chosen frequency and make sure there is sufficient power left in its miniaturized solar-pac before you get ready to leave.
‘Good luck, boy,’ says Uncle Jonas, as you switch on your ignition and check your instrumentation. ‘Don’t take no unnecessary risks, y’hear!’
With a wave, you bid him farewell, before accelerating the roadster along the highway that leads to Mineral Wells.
