[Hallicrafters] HHI Remembers - Special Memorial Weekend Nets

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

First, and foremost, if you are a Veteran, or the surviving family member of 
one, or helped in the defense of our countries freedom in any way, thank 
you! Without the saccrifice of countless Veterans we would not be    free 
and enjoying sunshine, family and fun. Instead of slopping Catsup on a 
charcoal burned Koegel frankfurter, but peering around the hand hewn Oak 
roof beam looking for the flask of Jim Beam - for medicinal use only - while 
trying to cram some black powder and a ball of Lead melted and molded in 
what used to be your XYL's teflon coated eight inch browning skillet! Not to 
discourage undesirable relatives from showing up to freeload, but to keep 
those guys who take a tea and crumbled bread break precisely at noon. Or 
when the long dark line on the face of the sun dial points precisely at the 
Roman numeral for twelve. Now if TLT + ST + GMT + UTC + CUT + Zulu ... time 
standards or zones or local zones unique to a particular area - such as CET 
instead of UTC - are not confusing enough, now they have to go and chisel 
Roman symbols on the face of an analog sun dial! Anyway, had we lost the 
Revolutionary War, well the U.S. Mint would not be doing what the U.S. Post 
office has not done. Made money! No, not just striking coinage or printing 
currency by the U.S. Mints in Philadelphia and Denver today, (San Francisco 
strikes only Proof, Mint sets and Commemorative coins nowadays), but 
actually making a profit! Something the postal system has not done in over a 
Century!

So while you enjoy yourselves this Memorial Weekend, keep in mind the "real" 
reason for the time of celebration. Freedom is a word of only seven letters, 
but those letters also equal another seven letter word, America! God bless 
America and buy a Veteran a drink of his/her choosing!

The Saturday HHI 40 meter Net will commence one hour earlier tomorrow, 
Saturday May 23rd! The Pre-Net kicks off at 11:30 AM EST/EDT, or 1530 UTC. 
The Net proper begins at 12:00 PM EST/EDT, or noon or 1600 UTC. No fanfare 
or fireworks, just some adjacent QRM and WX noises. The frequency will be 
7.280 MHZ lsb +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and what sounds like a 
motorized movie theater corn popping machine touring my QTH! No such luck! 
Just my new neighbors to the East trying to mow that hay field with a gas 
powered riding mower that surely must hold the world record for the most 
backfires of a four cycle engine during one minute in time! Reminds me of an 
old Horse my grandfather had on his farm in northeastern South Dakota named 
"Popcorn". You can guess why!

The Sunday HHI 20 meter Net will commence one hour earlier also, begining at 
the 11:45 AM EST/EDT, or 15:45 UTC. The frequency will be 14.293 MHZ usb +/- 
for key clicks, mike splatter and several special segments about 
Hallicrafters and WW2. Things I doubt that most of you have ever heard about 
before, so join us, and propagation permitting, hear some history that has 
yet to make its way into the history books!

Here is hoping to hear all whole grid load of you tomorrow and on Sunday! If 
you do not have time to QSO, just stop by long enough to honk that vintage 
horn and blow some CW words of greeting our way. If you are a Veteran, 
please tell us! Why? Because I have something here that we would like to 
send each of you who helped to make and keep America free.

Duane, W8DBF


While many of you will be enjoying a three or four day vacation from the 
daily dull things of life, and the care and feeding of unwanted pets such as 
Dust Bunnies or Fur Ball Bearing hair balls with a Cat attached,
Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
Hallicrafters web site: www.w9wze.net
HHRP web site: hhrp.w9wze.net