On Feb 8, 3:18�pm, "Dee Flint" wrote:
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On Feb 8, 3:06 pm, "
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From: on 7 Feb 2007 16:45:25 -0800

On Feb 7, 5:06 pm, " wrote:
* *I am waiting for the first actor to have an amateur radio
* *license. *Will the ARRL dub them a "HAM Actor?" *:-)

Sweetums you silly old putz, once again you're demonstrating how
completely out of touch with ham radio you really are.

* *Oh, oh, the "Trustee from the Tool Room" stepped out of
* *his little machine shop and re-reading of "Gullible's
* *Travels" to babble some inanities about Inane Radio:

You want actors
who have been or are hams? We got 'em Sweets. In spades.

* *"In spades?" *Oh, my, NO. *US amateur radio does NOT
* *attract "persons of color!" *Hardly ANY black people
* *are shown in ham magazine photographs.

How 'bout Marlon Brando KE6PZH/FO5GJ?

* *What about him? *He was a borderline nut-case, a recluse,
* *despite being recognized by his craft as one of the top-
* *most ACTORS of his or any time. *Unquestionably a great
* *ACTOR, one who would make the audience really believe
* *he WAS the character he portrayed. *Yes, he owned a
* *whole island in French Polynesia and liked screwing
* *around with French women. *Feel free to ACT that part,
* *why don't you? *:-)

* *Do you have a VALID copy of his French license certificate?
* *Does anyone? *Is it really an amateur license or is it
* *a commercial one? *Is there a US record of "KE6PZH" that is
* *VALID? *No. *The only "record" is HERESAY, on someone's list
* *on the Internet. *A quick search on the Internet will come
* *up with many COPIES of that same "list" on other sites.
* *Copying the SAME list over and over again doesn't make it
* *true.

* *Did Marlon Brando have a dog named "Fideaux?" *:-)

* *Tsk, you will find that celebrities generate all kinds of
* *tales from all the wanna-bes, those that want to attach
* *Their activity to the rich/famous...in hopes that others
* *will "respect" them by having the rich/famous aura rub off
* *on them.

* *Marlon Brando was born Marlon Brando. *His surname came
* *from (way back) a German immigrant who spelled it 'Brandau'
* *then offspring altered it to 'Brandow' and finally to
* *'Brando.' *The "Brandeaux" surname doesn't appear in USA
* *records for Marlon Brando. *Not at the FCC, not anywhere
* *except in some AMATEUR Innernet listings...which the listers
* *say "isn't 'absolutely' accurate." *Read the fine print at
* *those "list" sites.

* *Am I or anyone SUPPOSED to accept the ARRL's "word" for
* *it that whatever They say is "TRUTH?" *No. *ARRL is a
* *membership organization and a publication manufacterer.
* *Like all sales and marketing folk, they are purveyors
* *of "feeling good" to their buyers. *They "make an offer
* *ya can't refuse." *:-)

Or Priscilla Presley.

* *No official record.

Will Donnie Osmond KA7EVD or Andy Devine WB^RER do?

* *Neither one is a recognized ACTOR. *Not here in this part
* *of the USA that is also the entertainment capitol of the
* *world.

* *There is NO official record of Donnie Osmond the enter-
* *tainer as "KA7EVD." *Station callsign "WB6RER" belongs
* *to the Kingman, AZ, "Haualapai Amateur Radio Club" and
* *that ARC says "they celebrate Andy Devine Day annually."
* *NO connection between entertainment person Andy Devine
* *and official US records seem to exist.

* *Note: *Younger folk cannot 'connect' to Andy Devine of
* *many years ago, that being before their time. *They
* *MIGHT be able to recognize 'Devine,' a transsexual
* *actor of more modern times. *NO relationship.

Then there's always Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart N6KGB

* *There is? *:-) * On official records of the FCC, his
* *name would appear as 'James Stewart' or 'James M. Stewart'
* *or possibly 'James Maitland Stewart." *Depending on the
* *list source, there are (4) 'James M. Stewart' listings
* *atwww.qrz.organd(8) listings for 'James M. Stewart'
* *atwww.arrl.org. *He was called AND listed as 'Jimmy
* *Stewart' in the movie and TV industry out of affection
* *of his fellow craftspersons. *Strangely, the only
* *biographic mention of any amateur radio activity is
* *found ONLY in amateur-radio-interest publications and
* *websites.

. . want the rest of the list?

* *No. *Common professional names are easy to fake or
* *impersonate. *Especially the recluses such as Marlon
* *Brando (alleged to have used the pseudonym 'Martin
* *Brumby' in talking "all night long to ship traffic
* *in the Pacific" according to one in the UK). *Note:
* *one "list" site has Brando's alleged licenses as
* *"WA6RBU" and "F0SGQ."

* *Some REAL people in the entertainment industry WERE
* *licensed radio amateurs. *One is the author of the
* *novel "The French Atlantic Affair" wherein an on-
* *board passenger helps thwart hijackers of a fictitious
* *French ocean liner through a ham radio contact with a
* *Santa Monica, CA, amateur relaying to the Rand
* *Corporation. *Good novel, long but suspenseful, was
* *made into a terribly-distorted two-part microseries
* *for TV. *Look him up on Amazon. *SK.

* *Roy Neal (professional name, SK), long-time KNBC-TV
* *reporter here, good air appearance, watched him work
* *before a remote camera at the LA Convention Center.
* *Retired from NBC a bit before (?) Bill Amidon, the
* *real licensed radio amateur who began selling iron
* *powder and ferrite cores in small quantities to radio
* *hobbyists.

* *Senator Barry Goldwater was a publicized licensed
* *radio amateur, no question. *However, he wasn't (in
* *the absolute sense) an ACTOR. *Now there's quite some
* *debate on whether or not politicians are actors, but
* *that is beside the point. *:-)

* *I say if such happened, AMPAS would have some unkind words
* *for the League...and some wide-ranging PR contacts of its
* *own that the ARRL could never top... *:-)

* *Sonny, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
* *(AMPAS) AND the Association of Film and Radio Artists
* *(AFTRA) aren't "small" or "hobby" organizations in the
* *Multi-BILLION-dollar industry of entertainment, something
* *that affects USA economy AND USA social fabric in a very
* *direct way. *Calling a pro actor a HAM ACTOR is almost
* *an ultimate pejorative, a personal swear word against
* *them. *Lots and lots of licensed, practicing legal typse
* *in this city make their living (very comfortable ones)
* *on defending/prosecuting those who cuss out high-income
* *professional actors or speak nasty to them. *ARRL is very
* *SMALL potatoes in that scene...wouldn't stand a chance.

* *All you've stated in your non-illuminating babble of
* *"factoids" is UNPROVEN call sign owners or DEAD people.
* *The entertainment industry is constantly bringing up
* *NEW performers, constantly generating entertainment of
* *many kinds. *WHERE are the licensed radio amateurs among
* *them? *What have YOU done to get NEW folks into amateur
* *radio? *Chip in some pocket change for a group gift of
* *(wow!) $100 "incentive" to become licensed with a code
* *test before 23 Feb 07? *You can't hold back the dawn
* *by pinching coins from the petty cash drawer as
* *"incentive."

* *Now go back to dreaming dreams, olde tymer, like the
* *episode of shooting bears for naval intelligence. *It
* *will make YOU feel very good. *Won't matter one whit to
* *reality, though, it goes on without your bluster and
* *bravado.

Heh-heh. Mission accomplished Sweets, you met my expectations again.
Trolling you is sorta like chumming the bottom of a barrel full of
catfish, can't miss.

* *LA

w3rv

Len Anderson stated that the name Brandeaux doesn't show up in the FCC
database. *Well it's obvious he didn't even look for here it is:

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsS...SESSIONID_ULSS...

Tsk, tsk, in "going there" all I get is the prompt "License
Search Error."

What do you recommend we "children" do now?

LA