[K3CAL] War of the Worlds Anniversary

[Dave]

>From my ARRL PIO reflector: 

October 30, 2020, will mark the 82nd anniversary of Orson Welles "destroying" the world (and CBS radio) before our very ears. With WW 2 looming on the horizon, Welles and his Mercury Theater of the Air radio troupe performed a dramatization of the H.G. Wells classic, The War of the Worlds. In a little under one hour, he had Americans convinced that Earth was being invaded by Martians.
What does this have to do with Amateur Radio?
At 38:19 there is a line, "2X2L calling CQ, 2X2l calling CQ..." And just think, back then there wasn't the need to explain that you were hearing an Amateur Radio operator. 
Dave HKB3RAN
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