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First Ham Starring

13 Feb 2012 / 0 Comments / in Hamradio current affairs/by IX1CKN

Since last October, ABC is broadcasting in the US (on Tuesdays) a new sitcom, named “Last Man Standing”, starring Tim Allen. This wouldn’t make much sense here, but Mike Baxter (the character played by Allen) is an ham, and that makes interesting going through the subject. I investigated a bit how it could have happened. In the end, we’re talking about ham radio first time in a prime-time television show. It’s something! The results I came up with are interesting. The mind behind Mike Baxter being KA0XTT, belongs to John Amodeo, the serie producer, who is a ham under the callsign NN6JA. Getting in touch with John with the proposal of an interview for DXCoffee.com has been a quick move, and his willingness to answer, and the way he did it in a short delay, do deserve him credit. If you’re now curious about all this, please read the story in its English version. As always, an Italian translation is available too. By the way, the DXCoffee.com family recently celebrated the second year of life. A touching and cool clip has been made, summarizing the road done so far. So much happened, and even more will take place, guys. I’m pretty sure about that.

73 de Chris

Tags: abc, hamradio, John Amodeo, Last Man Standing, Tim Allen

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