Phil,
That Porky Pig thing was funny. I have a short .wave file here from the
"Munsters" TV show, where Herman is calling CQ on his ham station trying to
contact Mars, and using the call W6xrl4. I get a chuckle whenever I hear
it.
73, Steve KW3A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: What you Learn
> Howard,
>
> When my kids were little, I came walking into the living room as they were
> watching Porky Pig and I copied this perfect CW signal saying, I am
> sending
> Morse Code For a Porky Pig Cartoon. I about jumped over the couch. I
> don't
> recall what was happening in the cartoon at that moment but I think it was
> something like a pretend news broadcast but to hear that CW coming through
> the TV was really funny.
>
>
> Phil.
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>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 7:39 AM
> Subject: What you Learn
>
>
>> Phil, thank you for showing me a blessing I never realized I had. I have
> 6
>> children, and for five of them, one of their best memories is watching
>> Bullwinkle with me. They all got the cold war politics and the history.
> We
>> called Bullwinkle "Educational Television" That was the code word for
> Let's
>> watch Bullwinkle, Rocky, Dudley Doright, and the rest. Wicapedia
> discribes
>> the show as "radio with pictures". I have the first three seasons on DVD
> as
>> Chanukah presents from my oldest son. he also bought me the "from the
> earth
>> to the moon series on VhS. What a good son!
>> Yes I know this doesn't have much to do with radio, except the ham shack
> was
>> a part of the tv room.
>> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
>> Adaptive Technology Instructor
>>
>>
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