[Boatanchors] Jackie Gleason

[Rich Arland]

According to my source his state of the art radio (for that time period) was an ICOM R-71.

Rich K7SZ
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To: Bill Cromwell
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Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Jackie Gleason

Thought I read somewhere not long ago that he had, among others, an SX28 Halli.

73, Howie WB2AWQ

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> On Jan 1, 2019, at 13:58, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> It sounds like he was an intensely interested SWL. That is how I got hooked on radio and eventually became a ham. I still listen more than I transmit:)
>
> Happy New Year and 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
>> On 1/1/19 3:33 PM, Mike Bracey wrote:
>> There is an article on Jackie Gleason on Fox News today. It contains the following exert:
>> “He also listened to the radio. He had a room upstairs that we called the radio room. There were dozens of radios. He listened to airplanes flying over at the airport, long distance radio operators from around the world. He had the passion and curiosity of a child with the experiences of an adult.”
>> Does anyone have knowledge of Jackie's radio's?
>> Happy New Years,
>> Mike
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