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Cartoons of K9YA Telegraph cartoonist emeritus (as of April 2016) Dick Sylvan (SK), W9CBT, appear in NAQCC News, the newsletter of the North American QRP CW Club. A collection of Dick's cartoons is reproduced in the book, HI HI—A Collection of Ham Radio Cartoons (ISBN 9781411661950).
Mickey's Amateurs pokes fun at "amateur hour" radio shows, popular entertainment in the 1930s and '40s. Perhaps the most famous example is the Major Bowes Amateur Hour in which the host, Edward Bowes, was known to strike a gong to stop an amateur performance. Mickey Mouse's repeating of the words "Okay, okay" in the film was recognized by ...
Abner was often credited as "Abner Matthews" in cartoons he worked on alongside Seymour. [4] His son, Tom Fleischer-Kneitel, an avid amateur radio operator (License K2AES), was the founding editor of Popular Communications magazine, and died on August 22, 2008, at the age of 75. [5]
28/22 NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — An amateur radio club at a local college is connecting students with other radio enthusiasts from around the world while engaging in groundbreaking research. From the ...
The Major Bowes Amateur Hour was an American radio talent show broadcast in the 1930s and 1940s, created and hosted by Edward Bowes (1874–1946). Selected performers from the program participated in touring vaudeville performances, under the "Major Bowes" name.
Amateur Radio Australia: English Bimonthly 1933–present The Canadian Amateur Canada: English, French Bimonthly Canadian Int. DX Club "Messenger" Canada: English Monthly 1962-present Radioamatööri Finland: Finnish Monthly 1950–present CQ DL Germany: German Monthly 1972–present Funkamateur Germany: German Monthly 1952–present CQ ham ...
Ripley's Odditorium in Hollywood. LeRoy Robert Ripley (February 22, 1890 – May 27, 1949) [1] was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who is known for creating the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, which feature odd facts from around the world.
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communications. [1]