tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79700317290996040332024-03-06T01:20:22.006-05:00Spurious SignalsHam radio cartoons and shortwave radio humor by Jason Togyer KB3CNM for CQ Magazine and Popular Communications, a CQ Communications Inc., publication. Opinions expressed on this page are not those of CQ Communications Inc., which is not responsible for its content.Jason Togyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065480675704305601noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970031729099604033.post-28775110523352641662023-01-04T23:53:00.002-05:002023-01-04T23:53:27.254-05:00We've moved!<p>Check out <a href="http://www.jaythurbershow.com">www.jaythurbershow.com</a> for the latest cartoons. <br /></p>Jason Togyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065480675704305601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970031729099604033.post-82036130340862978082017-05-23T19:24:00.003-04:002017-05-23T19:27:59.289-04:00Hamvention cartoons for 2017I advertised in my cartoons for the April and May 2017 issues of CQ
Magazine that I would be blogging from Dayton Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio.<br />
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Well,
about five weeks ago, I badly injured my back and have since been
diagnosed with a herniated disc pressing on my left sciatic nerve. It
caused tremendous pain and I wasn't sure I would make it to Hamvention
(and I haven't missed one since 2000 or 2001).<br />
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I did
make it to Hamvention, though walking was a little painful and standing
was much, much worse.<br />
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(I was the one doing my stretching exercises while waiting in line for the parking shuttle. Someone came past and said, "I'll bet you have a herniated disc, right? Hurts like hell, don't it?" Give that man an autogtaphed copy of <i>Lew McCoy on Antennas</i>! And then I was doing my stretches on one of the picnic tables in the flea market, and someone sent a deputy sheriff over to make sure I was all right. I'm not all right, but I was all right, if you get my drift.)<br />
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I also <i>did</i> take my sketch book with me --- and
made some cartoons --- but was too tired to finish them and post them
each night.<br />
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So, I'll be posting them over the next few days here. Thanks for your patience, and be kind to your back!<br />
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73 de Jason<br />
2017-05-22Jason Togyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065480675704305601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970031729099604033.post-28560108907962513822015-10-17T15:49:00.003-04:002015-10-17T15:49:33.816-04:00September 2015 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Togyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065480675704305601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970031729099604033.post-90396644722245233172015-08-17T12:23:00.001-04:002015-08-17T12:28:04.829-04:00Flashback: November 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few months after this cartoon was printed, RadioShack Corp. filed for bankruptcy. I'd like to say I was somehow ahead of everyone else, but it was obvious to anyone that the stores were circling the drain.</div>
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Anyway, I was quoted in <a href="http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmckeesport/yourmckeesportmore/7741968-74/radioshack-open-company" target="_blank">my local paper</a> and this cartoon was cited:</div>
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<i>“They chased away their existing customers
and never brought new ones in,” said Togyer, who is an amateur and
broadcast radio enthusiast. “The problem with RadioShack is that it was
no longer the place where serious guys went to get stuff.” </i></div>
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<i>Togyer, who penned a cartoon that ran in the
November issue of CQ Amateur Radio magazine parodying the chain's move
away from radio gear into toys and cellphone equipment, said the company
cut ties to a customer base interested in technology and
experimentation and set its sights on the cellphone market instead. </i></blockquote>
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that market now is saturated and all the cellphone networks have their
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<i>Togyer said, if the company had welcomed the
techies and computer-savvy people that once frequented its stores
instead of taking away their reasons for going there, things might have
come to a different end. He noted that today's tycoons mostly come from
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I would stand by my comments, and will elaborate here: I don't think there is any kind of a fortune to be made in selling resistors and capacitors to hobbyists, but anyone could have seen that RadioShack was going to lose its shirt trying to sell cellular phones. <br />
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At the same time RadioShack was discontinuing ... well, radios ... they also made an ill-advised move into trying to sell larger appliances, such as flat-screen TVs. With most Americans within five miles of a Wal-Mart, a K-Mart or a Target, why would you buy a flat-screen TV from RadioShack, where you were going to have a smaller selection and higher prices?<br />
<br />And finally, I would reiterate that RadioShack's niche was serving hobbyists—not just ham radio buffs, but do-it-yourself people who like to tinker with cars, robots, computers and all sorts of gadgets. They were RadioShack's only loyal clientele, but RadioShack made a deliberate effort to chase them away, and they did it just when the "maker" movement was taking off.<br />
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I mean, their timing was impeccable. Until a few years ago, you could walk into most RadioShack stores and find record needles in stock. Well, most RadioShacks stopped carrying them—just as people in their 20's and 30's rediscovered vinyl records.<br />
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Repeat that same example for everything RadioShack once
carried—antennas, computer parts, other electronic parts, switches, home
automation devices, tools.<br />
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As RadioShack drastically downsized their store inventory, clerks told me time and time again, "You can still order that from our website." True, I could, but I could also order it from one of your competitors and get free shipping and lower prices, in many cases. <br />
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It is hardly any secret, then, why RadioShack eventually filed for bankruptcy. Jason Togyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065480675704305601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970031729099604033.post-89765311761463458372015-02-28T15:50:00.000-05:002015-10-17T15:50:28.716-04:00February 2015 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jason Togyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065480675704305601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970031729099604033.post-21632703624754972302014-11-14T00:00:00.000-05:002015-08-17T12:24:07.381-04:00A note about the cartoons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I publish cartoons here several months after they appear in print for <a href="http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/" target="_blank"><i>CQ Amateur Radio Magazine</i></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If you want to see the new cartoons ... well, you have to subscribe to the magazine! (The <a href="http://store.cq-amateur-radio.com/product-category/cq-subscriptions-new-or-renewal-subscriptions/" target="_blank">digital edition</a> is only about $2 per month. </span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">You get a lot of content for your money.</span>) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Incidentally, <b>all illustrations and comic strips at spuriouscomic.blogspot.com are copyrighted</b>. Please do not take them and use them without permission. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If
you would like to reuse one of these old cartoons, or commission a new
cartoon for your magazine, newsletter, website, etc., rates are very,
very affordable. Contact me at <a href="mailto:jtogyer@gmail.com">jtogyer@gmail.com</a>, and I know we can work something out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I began cartooning for the former <i>Popular Communications</i> magazine in about 2006, working for then-editor Harold Ort, N2RLL. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">When<i> Pop'Comm</i> was merged, along with<i> CQ VHF </i>and <i>WorldRadio</i>, into <i>CQ Plus</i>, I was pleased to be invited to continue contributing to <i>CQ Plus </i>and <a href="http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/" target="_blank"><i>CQ Amateur Radio Magazine</i></a>. </span></div>
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Many thanks to the hard-working volunteers of the <a href="http://www.w8bi.org/" target="_blank">Dayton Amateur Radio Association</a> (W8BI), the local churches and schools who provide refreshments, the area police, fire and emergency personnel ... the list goes on and on and on ...Jason Togyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065480675704305601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970031729099604033.post-88786714277013376362014-05-17T15:45:00.000-04:002014-05-19T10:47:25.364-04:00Hamvention '14: Saturday afternoon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dayton Hamvention website: <a href="http://www.hamvention.org/">www.hamvention.org</a><br />
Dayton, Ohio, weather: <a href="http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=39.75894938200048&lon=-84.19160639299969&site=all&smap=1#.U3RLxC-VMt4" target="_blank">forecast.weather.gov</a><br />
CQ website: <a href="http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/">www.cq-amateur-radio.com</a><br />
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<li>Official Hamvention information: <a href="http://www.hamvention.org/">www.hamvention.org</a></li>
<li>Dayton, Ohio, weather: <a href="http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=39.75894938200048&lon=-84.19160639299969&site=all&smap=1#.U3WVIS-VMt5" target="_blank">www.noaa.gov</a></li>
<li>For a good time: <a href="http://time.gov/HTML5/" target="_blank">WWV</a></li>
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