[Hallicrafters] New John Record For HHI?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi All,

No, not what you may be thinking! Yesterday the Saturday HHI 40 meter Net 
had nine stations check in with an operator having the first name of "John"! 
Now that has never happened before in the 1,200+ Hallicrafters Nets that I 
have been the NCS for! Yes, we have had a dozen Florida or Texas stations 
etc., but not that many stations having operators with the same first name.

One of the latter check ins, who had been observing this abundance of John 
personalities, suggested maybe a special event for "John Stations". Hmmm. Me 
thinks that special event might well get some severe QRM from the "Birch 
John Society", or other clubs dedicated to the preservation of vintage 
wooden outhouse seats!

I don't know about you, but I have never visited a little wooden shack out 
back that had any seat! Other then the roughly sawed circular one that often 
left you a gift of a wooden splinter in one, sometimes if you were very 
exceptionally lucky, both buttocks!

In any event, and I personally do not think the Ham bands need more Special 
Events or Contests, the Net participants found this most amusing. I guess 
the bottom of the solar cycle, or the lack of useable propagation, has 
caused most of us to find comic relief from whatever is handy!

Thanks to all who participated yesterday, it was fun!



Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
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HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
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