HAM HAPPENINGS: HAM RADIO CELEBRATES HOLLYWOOD TO BE REPRISED ON SEPTEMBER 28 The popular operating event Ham Radio Celebrates Hollywood will be reprised on Sunday, September 28th from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm Pacific Time. This, from Stage 9 of the CBS Studio Center facility in Studio City, California. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with more: -- For those not aware, Studio Center is a historic venue where such hit programs as Seinfeld, Spin City, the Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Defenders originated. Before that it was the home of many early films including those produced by the legendary Max Sennett. Currently it is the home of the hit ABC situation comedy Last Man Standing that stars Tim Allen as the operator of a sporting goods store in Colorado who also happens to be a ham radio operator with the call letters KA0XTT. As such, ham radio has been a part of the shows plotline in past episodes. The amateur radio gear seen as props on the show is actually operational and was used by members of the Southern California-based PAPA System for the first Ham Radio Celebrates Hollywood operation held back in October of 2012. Once again the call K-6-H will be used for this Septembers outing with operations taking place on HF, VHF, UHF, D-STAR, Echolink and I-R-L-P. It should be noted that this is not a contest. Rather it is a fun opportunity for hams world-wide to talk directly to the stage on the equipment seen on “Last Man Standing” each week. A special, limited edition QSL card will be issued to all confirmed contacts. A schedule of operating times and frequencies will be announced shortly. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I’m Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in Los Angeles. -- For more information contact concerning K6H keep an eye on the PAPA System website at www (dot) papasys (dot) com. Also, the complete and very interesting account of Studio Center’s past and present can be found on the web at tinyurl/Studio-Center-History. (PAPA, Facebook) **
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:49:10 +0000
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