Over and Out - Amateur Radio Comics
September 1969 Electronics Illustrated

September 1969 Electronics Illustrated

September 1969 Electronics Illustrated Cover - RF CafeTable of Contents

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Electronics Illustrated, published May 1958 - November 1972. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

Found in what is the first issue of Electronics Illustrated magazine that I have bought are these Amateur radio related comics entitled, "Over and Out." The cartoonist's signature is simply "Rodrigues," which according to a Google search might be Charles Rodrigues (who also contributed to other tech magazines as well as to National Lampoon). I have to admit to needing to look up the "Yanqui aggressors" thing on the one comic, and then it made sense: Yanqui= Yankee. The last comic with the parrot is pretty funny; it's sort of the Ham radio equivalent to an auto-repeat telephone dialer like what you would use to call into a radio show during a listener contest. 

Over and Out - Amateur Radio Comics

Ham Radio comics, YL operator - RF Cafe

"If I can't say anything good about a person, Vivian, I switch over to CW. "

Imperialist Yanqui aggressors - RF Cafe

"Okay on us being imperialist Yanqui aggressors, Carlos, and Oil the CIA invasion at the Bay of Pigs and on the tremendous sugar harvest you're having down there in Cuba ...'"

President of ARRL - RF Cafe

"And so, fellow hams, if I'm elected president of the ARRL ... "

FCC exam - RF Cafe

"Yes, as a matter of fact when mommy brought me in for the exam the people at the FCC were a little surprised. "

Parrot calling CQ - RF Cafe

"CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ 20 meters; CQ,CQ,CQ, CQ 20; CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ 20 meters; CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ 20: CQ 20; CQ 20 meters ... "

 

 

Posted July 29, 2020


These Technically−Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).