[Hammarlund] Free Green Beer During Saturday HCI Net!

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

As always, all flavors of vintage gear are always welcome -   	
	
As those of you who actually read my posts know, some vandals tore down my IAC
double bazooka 40 and 80 meter antennas on February 28th. The forty meter one
being the primary antenna for the Saturday HCI 40 meter Net at 1:00 PM EST,
(1800 UTC) on 7.280 Mhz lsb. As for those of you who filter my posts out, and
won't be reading this anyhow, may a crazed Leprechaun bite you on the knee cap,
it become infected with that rare Irish ailment 'mischievous humorous
buttockous' and you laugh yourself as green as a moldy Shamrock! Detectives from
the local police department have evidence to support the conjecture that a green
amphibian was trying to impress a female Horny Toad by swinging from wire to
wire doing a Tarzan voice impersonation. If this turns out to be the case, there
will be a big free frog leg fry come the first day of Summer! However, to eat
them, you have to catch them after they are salted with super iodized sodium
chloride imported from Nevada salt mines. Not only does that salt glow in the
dark, which makes it easier to find your recycled paper picnic plate on a dark
and dreary day, but it also gives the salt some extra metabolic zest. Sort of
like being kicked in the rump by one of those aircraft carrier catapults! Bring
your own saddle, as trying to get a bite is going to be like juggling eggs while
riding a Pogo Stick!   Admission is free, you pay your own medical bills!   	
	
Because I am still using what is left of the GAP Titan after it was electrocuted
by lightning in April 2001 as an emergency antenna, my signal tends to go up and
down like panty hose at a leg shaving contest.  Last Saturday I opened and
closed the neighbor's electric garage door about forty times before the fuse he
had wrapped in tin foil finally blew! I had cellular phones ringing, pagers
recording strange messages and street lights doing Morse Code! If nothing else,
the antenna is an endless source of amusement! So don't panic if your S-meter
wiggles unpredictably like one of those Hawaiian girls dancing in her grass
skirt!  	
	
Join me for the pre-Net at 12:45 PM EST, (1745 UTC). The frequency will be 7.280
Mhz lsb +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and the sound of the GAP Titan, AKA
Duane's Crap Titan, spitting sizzling sparks like a fourth of July sparkler.
Killed five stupid Blackbirds last Saturday who thought the sparks were
earthworms with Halogen headlights. I hope to hear some of you tomorrow for the
Ides of March. If your name is Caesar, watch your back! 	
	
Duane Fischer, W8DBF	
NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International	
netcontrol@w9wze.org