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

[Rob Matherly]

I thought by "snipe hunt" they were referring to that old  Boy Scout game of sending
people out hunting for an animal that doesn't exist?

72/73/oo
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>
To: <antennas@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS Optimal longwire for
QRP


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}]

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