[Hallicrafters] Celebrate Eighth Year of HCI Sunday Net Tomorrow

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Please join us on Sunday March 26th as Hallicrafters Collectors 
International enters its eighth year. Celebrate the 1098 consecutive Net 
that W8DBF has been the NCS for. It has been a great run, with fantastic 
participation, tremendous support and our family of 'it still goes glow in 
the dark' devotees exhibiting a steady growth rate. This eighth year will be 
different though, as all things change, nothing lasts forever. What better 
time than the Summer solstice for the winds of change to breathe life into 
the symbolic ashes of the fallen Phoenix and fan the faint flickering flame 
of hope into a brilliant glow that transcends death and lifts the triumphant 
torch of Hallicrafters high preserving the legend that shall forever glow.

There will be a very Special Event held on the weekend of Father's Day June 
17th
 - 18th. It will commemorate the founding father of Hallicrafters William 
Halligan, Sr., W9AC and the founding father of HCI Duane Fischer, W8DBF. A 
special certificate will be issued to all who check into the W9WZE Founding 
Fathers Day Salute.

The following weekend of June 24th - 25th will be the final HCI Nets with 
W8DBF as the NCS. That Saturday 40 meter Net and the Sunday 20 meter Net 
will be reserved for all of you to stop by and bid W8DBF your final 73's. He 
will be retiring from the QTH.NET lists, the HCI web site and all Amateur 
Radio NCS duties. However, until he is a SK he will remain on the air to 
enjoy his many vintage radio friends. Details to be announced in May. Keep 
the Special Event weekends open, circle them in hot Hallicrafters pink!

The HHRP rare Historic CD and DVD releases scheduled for late April, mid 
July and possibly October will continue. Look for original text documents, 
scarce original photos, Chuck Dachis audio presentation, special former 
Chief Engineer Fritz Franke three CD series of never before seen personal 
files, another 2.5 hours of live historic audio, a surprise video on DVD, 
and much more. All orders will be taken in advance, see the HCI web site for 
prices and ordering information.

Join us tomorrow for the pre-Net at 12:45 PM EST, (1745 UTC) and the Net 
proper at 1:15 PM EST, (1815 UTC) The frequency will be 14.293 MHZ usb +/- 
for key clicks, mike splatter andMartian space craft visiting the Earth with 
robotic video crews to get a closer look at the Hubble space telescope that 
keeps blinking a tired looking bloodshot blue eyeball at them! It is those 
long fluttering eyelashes that really concern the Martians, according to 
cryptic coded Martian radio transmissions intercepted by powerful parabolic 
dish antennas somewhere around NORAD HQ inside Cheyenne mountain. NASA could 
learn a few things from those Martians, as the robots they use do not eat 
expensive high nutrient food, need expensive exercise equipment to stay in 
shape or require a sewage treatment plant! Just some anti-corrosive 
lubricant squirted under the armpits once a month, some synthetic oil 
enriched with metal shavings for internal strong support structures and 
strong sharp dentures to serve as wire cutters and torque wrenches. So if 
you hear an odd humming sound on the frequency, it is not some broad band 
EMF pollution, just scanners probing the Earth for a fast food self-service 
station!

I hope to hear many of you tomorrow, so get your buns out of the recliner, 
belly up to the radio desk and let's teach those Martians some new dialogue! 
Now if I can just find that Star Trek term and galactic guide to grammer I 
got on QVC thirty years ago ...

Duane Fischer, W8DBF
NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International
netcontrol at w9wze.org
HCI: http://www.w9wze.org