[Boatanchors] Morse Code in old radio ads

[Phil]

Merry Christmas all,
In the past I've mentioned that I'm an avid collector of OTR (Old Time 
Radio Shows), as well as OLD Comic Books in eComic format (.CBZ & CBR 
files, NO modern junk), OLD movies and OLD TV Shows.

Sometimes I'll hear some CW in an old radio show or movie, but very 
rarely in a radio ad.  Sometime sit is well done, but very often it's 
just gibberish, sort of like giving a monkey a telegraph key to play with.

Last night I was listening to some 1953 episodes of "Your FBI In Peace 
And War", sponsored by "Wheaties, the breakfast of Champions".  Each of 
their ads was featuring a story of a famous sports figure and started 
with a string of three "V's", as well as using a string of three "V's" 
throughout the ad to punctuate the important points.

What caught my ear was that the CW was very well sent and 'clean' at a 
moderately fast pace (maybe 15WPM or so).  I suspect a 'bug' was used as 
the dits were even and quick, the dahs felt a bit long to me.  But the 
note was just a bit 'harsh' sounding, didn't sound like a buzzer, but 
not "pure like a receiver with a BFO.  Figure it must have been a Code 
Practice Osc.

"Yours Truly Johnny Dollar" (an insurance investigator who traveled all 
over the USA and sometimes overseas) was a show that when overseas 
sometimes used "Ham Radio" for Johnny to "phone patch" back to his 
office in Hartford Conn (yeah, not exactly a kosher use of Ham Radio ;-) 
Whoever the sound man was on that show usually did a very good job, 
you'd hear authentic QRM and QRN in the background during the 'patch'.

-- 
73 de Phil,  KO6BB
http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/  (Web Page)

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