[R-390] CW/SMS Battle on Tonight Show Friday 13th!

[Robert Nickels]

Here's a little more information on how this unfolded. 

Keith W9KGY was contacted by  the producer last Wednesday, and referred 
him to to Ken Miller K6CTW, who is a Morse Telegraph Club member in the 
Los Angeles area .  They were to videotape him doing a CW demonstration 
in Fullerton over the weekend, and he was later notified that the 
demnstration would have to be taped this coming Friday morning.

According to W9KGY  "Since we had no time to get telegraphers lined up, 
Ken worked it out with another ham to work with him and they were going 
to use CW and that Yaesu is supplying the radios, FT-817D's.  I still 
feel bad that we didn't have time to line up two top telegraphers. It 
was do it Friday or else! It is supposed to be a one minute segment.   
I'll have to record the show because that is past my bedtime."

So that's how it happened, and obviously explains the Yaesu connection.

73, Bob W9RAN