1961 RPPC Lenore Jensen W6NAZ Photo Ham Radio Operator NBC This Is Your Life A69

For sale is an original vintage postcard. This is a photo of a famous Amateur Radio operator Lenore Jensen, W6NAZ.
I believe the writing was written and signed by Lenore. Lenore was arguably the best known woman in ham radio.

I believe this photo is of when Lenore was surprised by NBC that they profiling her for the TV Program "This Is Your Life".

The bottom has two call signs. I believe it of a couple of the men in the picture.
There are three men in the picture with Lenore.
One is host of "This Is Your Life" NBC Program.
W2LLZ - Dr. Elliot "Butch" Weyer
K6DUE - NBC News reporter Roy Neal, K6DUE

This seems like a card that was sent to someone named Russell from Lenore.
The formal definition of 73 is “Best Regards” – it’s a nice way to say goodbye that is unique to amateur radio.

Here is some history I found related to this program. I found this passage by searching for the other call signs that were on the photo.
Lenore had the surprise of her life on July 26, 1961. She was honored with a profile on the This is Your Life TV program. The TV program on from 1952 to 1961 and was sort of a televised surprise party.

This surprise was masterminded by Bob Purcell who arranged for Lenore to be honored on this show in which a celebrity or someone who made extraordinary achievements. The guise was that Lenore was asked to bring her ham gear to the TV station and do a demonstration of ham radio on some other show. Jane Purcell, K6RGM recounts that Lenore was very excited about the demo. It was not easy to fool Lenore for she was very intuitive and very smart. But Bob Purcell, W6RGM, ran a very disciplined operation keeping everyone in line to keep the secret. Distracting Lenore with the demo was a very smart idea on Bob Purcell's part. Lenore was astounded when the surprise was sprung. Host Ralph Edwards would recount their life before a national TV audience and bring out surprise guests. The show was sort of a televised scrap book of the subject's life and achievements in a half-hour TV format.

She as honored for her good works during World War II when she founded a radio course for the American Women's Voluntary Services and for her early phone patching.

Ralph Edwards asked Lenore to demonstrate amateur radio for the audience and had Lenore's daily QSO partner, Dr. Elliot "Butch" Weyer, W2LLZ (sk) from New York City standing by. Butch's signal sounded different (Scipione, 1994:129). Then there was a tapping on her shoulder. It was Butch in person in the TV studio! Up until then, Lenore and Butch QSO'ed over CQ each day for 15 years but had never met in person. Bob Purcell arranged for hams from Japan whom Lenore kept skeds with to be flown in and surprise her too.

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