tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554001380039969960.post9061275767719260532..comments2024-03-26T01:18:16.882+01:00Comments on LA3ZA Radio & Electronics: The radio amateur who felt compelled to abandon his own call signSverre Holmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08306221557326542499noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554001380039969960.post-85291042159589506952013-05-11T22:47:44.000+02:002013-05-11T22:47:44.000+02:00Interview with the former LA8PV, Knut Kolstad, in ...Interview with the former LA8PV, Knut Kolstad, in 2006 - not too happy with his callsign then (see towards end of clip, in Norwegian) <a href="http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/kurer/1.1567222" rel="nofollow">http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/kurer/1.1567222</a>Sverre Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306221557326542499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554001380039969960.post-76232524880216491422013-05-07T22:16:37.594+02:002013-05-07T22:16:37.594+02:00As far as I know, Rolv Wesenlund was never a ham i...As far as I know, Rolv Wesenlund was never a ham in real life. <br /><br />And by the way the series seems to have been inspired by a British comedian, Tony Hancock who was "GLK London calling the world" in 1960, see <a href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2007/hancock.htm" rel="nofollow">Tony Hancock's The Radio Ham</a> with a link to YouTube.Sverre Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306221557326542499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554001380039969960.post-73801466251528977782013-05-07T21:48:25.882+02:002013-05-07T21:48:25.882+02:00Incredible this guy made a complete show about a r...Incredible this guy made a complete show about a radio amateur. Well known in Norway and Sweden, never heard of him or the show here in the Netherlands. I can imagine the popularity. And feel sorry for the real LA8PV....btw was Rolv a real HAM himself? He did a good (funny) job talking on "the air" ;-) 73, BasPE4BAS, Bashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958141238330445285noreply@blogger.com