My "suspicious neighbor" was my own mother. Remember the great Northeast Blackout of 1965? I was in my shack on the 3rd floor, on 15 meters as I recall. The power went poof from Western Ontario to New England. Next thing heard was my mother "Michael, what did you do ???". k1twf Mike Raisbeck k1twf@arrl.net -----Original Message----- From: rjairam@gmail.com <rjairam@gmail.com> To: RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH <rilepatholling@comcast.net> Cc: Roderick, Rick, K5UR via arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Fri, Jan 4, 2019 12:28 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:27838] Re: Talking to Monsters I had a real life experience like this. When we first moved in to our home and put up antennas, the neighbors called town hall to complain that we were involved in terrorism. Town hall never mentioned anything but told them that the project was indeed permitted (and we had the permit displayed prominently) and there was nothing they could do. It was only after one of my neighbors confessed to it at a baptism class at church which we were attending that we found out. I talked to the zoning official and he confirmed. Truth is stranger than fiction. Anyway, in 2003, there was a remake of this particular twilight zone episode. I can't remember if they mentioned amateur radio. ***SERIOUS SPOILER ALERT, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED*** 5 4 3 2 1 The twist was that instead of aliens, it was terrorists. Instead of aliens watching, it was the Government carrying out a social experiment to see how people react to terrorism. 73 Ria N2RJ On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 at 12:11, RILEY HOLLINGSWORTH <rilepatholling@comcast.net> wrote:
Well said Rick. I have been watching. I know every episode of Twilight Zone, almost by heart--- maybe that's what is wrong with me!
On December 31, 2018 at 8:45 PM "Roderick, Rick, K5UR via arrl-odv" <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> wrote:
For those who get the SYFY channel, they have a marathon run going of the Twilight Zone right now. The one called Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is just coming on (1960). This is the one where suspicion things happen in a power outage and they blame a neighbor because he's a ham radio operator. They think he talks to monsters from outer space from his basement where he stays up all night. Sound familiar?
The little town I grew up in was located on the fringe of TV reception back in those days. Everyone there knew I was the kid that was a ham. They didn't accuse me of talking to monsters but they sure knew when I fired up on 6 meters with my home made KW on AM.
Check it out.
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