[Elecraft] OT Walter Winchell and BIG radios (WAS: Crystal Clear book)

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

You can hear recordings of Walter on line at:

http://www.archive.org/details/WWII_News_19450225_Walter_Winchell

Or 

http://tinyurl.com/22kf83

There are Gabriel Heatter recording around but I don't know of any available
for listening on-line. 

On another list I came across the answer to those of us who constantly
mutter about the tiny radios on the market today. How about the 'colossus of
radio'  shown here? 

http://radiomagonline.com/features/radio_colossus_radio/

Or

http://tinyurl.com/25frzf

Yes, it's for real, in spite of the date shown on the article. And it's just
a receiver!  One was recently auctioned off as shown here:

http://www.estesauctions.com/April282007page1.html

Ya see, you can cut out one of these pictures and  paste it on the wall,
then ask your spouse whether they'd appreciate one of these in the house or
perhaps a (relatively) tiny K3...

Ron AC7AC



-----Original Message-----

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:29:50 -0700 (PDT), Fred (FL) wrote:

>Does anyone remember Gabriel Heater?  When I
>was a kid, out at my grandparents cottage south
>of Buffalo - everyone used to sit around the
>Philco radio - and listen to Gabriel Heater's
>news program, at that time about WWII.
>"..... and all the ship's at sea".

  That was Walter "Windshield" (Winchell...<g>) :

     "Good evening Mister and Missus North and South America and
     all the ships at sea, let's go to press..."

  Gabriel Heatters's trademark was "Ah yes, there's good news
  tonight..."

  Or so I remember.
--
   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
   Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402



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