[Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS Optimal longwire for QRP

[Bob Nielsen]

On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 04:06:49PM -0700, kg6irh@ftnetwork.com wrote:
> >>>Now, if what you are talking about is what some Americans call "bungie" 
> >>>cords then I always have couple in the boot.  But I do remember pictures of 
> >>>some cars with belts on the hood running parallel to the win'screen.
> 
>    Was meaning does the word "snipe" have in Great Britian?  I ask due to
>    use of that word to name the recent Afghanistan operation by the Royal
>    Marines.


Probably this:

  Snipe \Snipe\, v. t.
     1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long
        range, esp. when not in action.

or this:

       3: shoot from a concealed position [syn: {sharpshoot}]