[Hallicrafters] Depending On WX, Possible Sunday HCI Net

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

The NWS is forecasting thunderstorms starting about noon here in southeastern
lower Michigan. If that is the case, I would appreciate it if one of you would
step up and take the Net tomorrow. I will be busy hiding under the bed with a
can of Coke, weather alert rx and a Braille copy of my home owners insurance
policy. What exciting reading! At least if the power goes off, I don't have to
worry about how fresh the batteries are in the flashlight! But then again, I do
not have city water, so the lack of power means the pump in the well does not
function, hence only one toilet flush is available.     	
	
Provided a repeat of the June 8, 1953 F4 tornado does not level almost
everything from Flint to Port Huron, again, the pre-Net will begin early at
12:30 PM EDT, (1630 UTC). I still vividly remember that tornado on that deadly
evening and how the sky looked to the north of my parents home. The most unusual
photo I recall, is the one of the empty rocking chair floating in the air. A
haunting sight that sticks in ones mind for the rest of your life.     	
	
The Net proper will commence at 1:15 PM EDT, (1715 UTC). Because of the fickle
propagation that comes and goes like a reoccurring foot fungus, a couple of
relay stations to hear what I do not hear would be greatly appreciated.  	
	
The frequency will be 14.293 Mhz usb +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and the
sound of the neighbor who tore down my antennas dirt bike engine exploding as
the additive potion I arranged to be in his oil reservoir causes his aluminum
piston rods to change to the consistency of salt water taffy! Now most nineteen
year old boys are a little rowdy and sometimes prone to mischievous episodes,
but this yuck has vacancy signs in both eyes! When he breaks wind, it blows the
ear wax out of both ears and the lint out of his belly button! The kind of
person who tries to floss his teeth with piano wire, while still inside the
piano!          	
	
I have heard rumbles and rumors that Frogzilla will be posting a commentary on
the legal battle going on over the destruction of my forty and eighty meter
arrays this past February 28th. It seems that the nineteen year old boyfriend's
twenty year old girlfriend's three year old son relieved his bladder in the frog
pond and did irreparable damage to the flora and fauna, as it killed several
dozen Lily pads before they ever had a chance to have a deep voice. You don't
tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the hot wax
hair removal mask off Roseanne Barr's face and you don't piddle in Frogzilla's
puddle! The only thing worse than a furious amphibian, is one with an AK-47
loaded with pain balls dipped in a mixture of itching powder and very hungry
fire Ants!    	
	
I hope to hear some of you tomorrow through the celestial lightening bolt
hurling contest, QSB deeper than the granny smith green and Robins egg blue
manure on the Martha Stewart web site and the rattling reverberations worse than
ten thousand thunders as the ball park frank and baked beans I had for breakfast
sing a happy tune on the journey through my bowels in search of that elusive
'road map to peace'.  	
	
Duane Fischer, W8DBF 	
NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International