[Boatanchors] Hark! Saturday Halli 40 Meter Net!

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

         Ray Stevens Asked: Would Jesus Wear A Rolex?


                                  By Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF


     Yes, you read that correctly. The Saturday September
17th. Halligan's Hallicrafters International 40 meter Net
will feature an old time honest to ground rod revival! There
will be preaching on the vices of solid state and the
blessings bestowed on those who use those things that still
go glow in the dark. No, not those Radium painted cross's on
the Silver plated neck chains you bought from that
questionable television pitch actor for twenty bucks in cash!
Old Jimmy is now making license plates, so be sure yours are
legal!

     We shall endeavor to inspire those who have back slid
from their CW key into the depths of palm pilots and Amateur
Radio TV. We might even pass the plate to collect
donations to buy space on a commercial satellite to tell the
truth about what happens to the soul for those lusting over
your neighbor's Silver plated PL-259's How low can some
people stoop? Not low enough to escape the coming fire and
brimstone for some of those pathetic programs being broadcast
on the Ham Radio bands!  Maybe like the seven deadly sins of
proper station operation, we can get rid of them.

     This freshening of the spirit will commence with a
moment of squealing and squawking as the brotherhood of boat
anchors tunes up to let their voices ring loud and long at
1:00 PM EDT, (1700 UTC). Remember the Cathode Choir will warm
up their pipes starting at 12:30 PM EDT, (1630 UTC) with some
lively diversity of bandwidth drifting from one sacred hum to
another. The frequency for this cleansing of the sole (they
start to smell if not dipped in tuner cleaner weekly) will be
7.280 Mhz lsb +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and the
unmistakable sound of Collins collectors shouting Latin
phrases over their gear as they sprinkle dioxint upon them.

     Or is that from those tube crazed high end audio
nuts speaking in tongues on their cell phones trying to out
bid each other on an electronic auction? If you are Catholic,
do not miss the weekly Wednesday evening confession session!
Then you can find out what they really paid for those so
called bargains they have been boasting about!

     Do not miss out on this experience that will cleanse the
soles of your feet and heal the holes in your wallet from the
last Ham Fest that you went glassy eyed at. Even if your XYL
believes that you had wine at a Saturday morning communion
ceremony, we don't!

     Bring a friend, bring a tale to tell, bring a problem
for our schematic soothsayers to slay and join with us for
insights only gained through devotion to vintage boat anchors
and fingertips frequently sacrificed to a soldering gun.


 
Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
Hallicrafters web site: www.w9wze.net
HHRP web site: hhrp.w9wze.net