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February 1966 Popular Electronics
Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Popular Electronics,
published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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When this was originally
posted, it was the Friday before Christmas vacation and nobody was thinking about
work. Maybe you were stopping by RF Cafe to kill time until the boss let you go
home (early, preferably). Not that you really have needed something to get you in
a festive mood, but here are a few funny amateur radio-themed (aka Ham-themed) comics
from a 1966 issue of Popular Electronics magazine, compliments of artist
Buz Holland. When I saw the comic with the parrot squawking CQ while including his
call sign - WA4YKK - my first thought was to check the FCC's
Universal License System (ULS) to see to whom it belongs, and
then I realized it was the artist's (though no longer assigned). My favorite, though,
is the one with the guy taking the picture for putting on his QSL card.
Ham Comics: There's One in Every Crowd
By Buz Holland WA4YKK
"I'm studying this manual on transistors."
"Must be on the YL net again ... he never talks to me like
that."
"CQ. CQ. CQ. CQ. CQ, WA4YKK. CQ. CQ, CQ, CQ. CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ,
CQ ........"
"Move, Cathy. I'm taking a picture for my QSL card."
"And then she threw all my QSL cards into the fire."
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
275 pages as of 5/13/2026.
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