[K3CAL] War of the Worlds Anniversary

[Donald]

Hi Dave,

I was quite young but I remember my father and his brother listening to 
that radio show. I believe it was on a Sunday afternoon and they kept 
telling me that it was not real because I was scared. Next month I will 
turn 89, still remember hearing the show.    73, Don, KR3A

On 10/30/2020 11:47 AM, Dave via K3CAL wrote:
> 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 H
> KB3RAN
>
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