Interview with KN3NOB
March 1963 Popular Electronics

March 1963 Popular Electronics

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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.

Dave Harbaugh drew the semi-regular "Hobnobbing with Harbaugh" series of comic strips in Popular Electronics. His themes were always in the situational comedy style of the day where Ham operators were depicted as victims of their own obsession with amateur radio, their wives' lack of an equal obsession with amateur radio, or being at the mercy of some well-meaning but ignorant neighbor, police officer, store clerk, or other such individual. This particular comic has an on-the-scene TV anchorman making KN3OB's life heck. I colored the first panel.

Interview with KN3NOB

By Dave Harbaugh

Interview with KN3NOB (panel 1) - RF Cafe Website

Interview with KN3NOB (panel 2) - RF Cafe Website

Interview with KN3NOB (panel 3) - RF Cafe Website

Interview with KN3NOB (panel 4) - RF Cafe Website

Interview with KN3NOB (panel 5) - RF Cafe Website

Interview with KN3NOB (panel 6) - RF Cafe Website

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