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

Bob Wilder [email protected]
Wed, 15 May 2002 14:28:58 -0500


Some of these old jokes have been known to
backfire on the
originator.  Case in point:  sending some out for
5 gallons of
"Prop Wash" or a "Sky Hook".  Both of these items
exist.
Prop wash is a commercial cleaner for the old
Hamilton variable
pitch wooden props.  A sky hook is the name given
the large steel
ball with a hook through the center used on a
crane.

Bob, AF2HD

Rob Matherly wrote:
> 
> The ones around here are familiar with a version of it... they send the freshmen out
> looking for a kegger that doesn't exist :^)
> 
> 72/73/oo
> Rob, W�JRM
> ARRL; FP QRP -330; IA QRP #143; SOC #497; QRPp-I #19; Live-Wire #442;
> 
> Visit my website! http://www.qsl.net/w0jrm
> 
> "Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
>      a quick retort can ruin everything"   -- Proverbs 13:3 NLT
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:12 AM
> Subject: RE: [Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS Optimal longwire for
> QRP
> 
> Every high school freshman should know that routine.
> 
> Rudy
>  'WW7AZ in the valley of the sun'
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Matherly [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:07 AM
> To: [email protected]; Bob Nielsen
> Subject: Re: [Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS Optimal
> longwire for QRP
> 
> 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
> Rob, W�JRM
> ARRL; FP QRP -330; IA QRP #143; SOC #497; QRPp-I #19; Live-Wire #442;
> 
> Visit my website! http://www.qsl.net/w0jrm
> 
> "Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
>      a quick retort can ruin everything"   -- Proverbs 13:3 NLT
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Nielsen <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> 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, [email protected] 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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