[SOC] TV CW

[Rich Jones]

Damon Runyan the columinst and writer refered to Walter Winchel as Waldo Winchester...he knew he was phoney from the get go.  73 Rich K8UV

--- On Mon, 11/23/09, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:


From: Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net>
Subject: [SOC] TV CW
To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 5:37 PM


"It reminds me of old movies when the guy is sending code on a straight 
key and he is bobing up and down with his index finger over the sending 
knob..? Nice code.!...Hi Hi.? 73 Rich K8UV"

Walter Winchell [the Rush Limbaugh of his day] had two Vibroplexes that 
he used to punctuate between his stories.  I remember hearing him as a 
kid, and after I learned the code at 13, I realized his CW was bogus and 
for audio effect only.  Prior to that, I thought he was actually sending 
code to a ship.

You can hear some of his programs [and the Morse] at:

www.archive.org/details/theWalterWinchellShow-13december1953

73,

Fred K6DGW
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