[Hammarlund] Saturday HCI Net Or Propagation Puffer?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

As always, all flavors of vintage gear are always welcome - 	
	
I just read one of those propagation forecasts about band decay and it made me
wonder if there is a propagation dentist to fix the cavity in the wisdom tooth
of wave stability caused by a failure to floss, flush or Fluoridate properly?
What the heck is going on the past month? Has old Sol been on a diet of refried
beans, barbecued bacon rinds and pickled hard boiled eggs? If so, that would
explain his problem with frequently breaking solar wind and an odor foul enough
to gag a starving rodent with a sinus condition who just discovered the garbage
dump behind Cuzin Ahab's gormet take out hut that specializes in poached fish
heads, pickled Camel humps and deep fried Skunk thighs. All that global warming
hype, El Meano, La Ninja, or whatever those terms are, and the national weather
service is about as accurate as the average American's monthly bank checking
account statement when compared to those numbers on the stub balance sheets!
With the lack of sunlight, one can always blame the nearly dead solar power
calculator for the blunders. In any event, the jet stream seems confused as to
whether it is supposed to be north of the equator, south of the equator or on
Spring break in Daytona observing females trying to avoid tan lines.	
	
If there is any useable propagation on Saturday May 10th, there will be a HCI 40
meter Net at 1:00 PM EDT, (1700 UTC). If you can tolerate the pungent odor of
rotten Hydrogen Sulfide vapors emanating from the south end of north bound
critters who helped recycle the local fast food restaurant dumpster contents
back into the ecology cycle of life, join me at 12:30 PM EDT, (1630 UTC), for
the pre-Net fumigation procedure where we rid the frequency of contestors. (I am
not against 'contesting', just the lack of ethics aptly demonstrated by some who
behave worse than male teenage boys with way too much sperm on uppers!) The
frequency will be 7.280 Mhz lsb +/- for key clicks, mike splatter and the sound
of Goblow The Farting Horse trying to out stink the barking dogs doing their
bone marrow curdling rendition of Jingle Bells. But if the smell really knocks
your fungus filled sweaty gym socks off, it is probably a misguided AM'er trying
to make his rice paddy radio sound like a real vintage vacuum tube AM rig by
utilizing all sorts of speech processing devices that change his voice more than
a teenager hitting puberty! (Is a rice box radio one that comes in a breakfast
cereal like Rice Crispies as a prize? (Just teasing, no dead rats in the mail
please))          	
	
I hoep to hear some of you tomorrow. As unstable as the band has been, I will be
glad to hear any of you! I will gladly take check ins from the outer planets,
just be sure to use your regional call sign designator, you know, like JUP, SAT,
URN and PLU. Sounds like the cast for a sit com on life in the back woods of the
Ozarks! Be there or be lost and doomed to wander shopping malls for all
eternity.   	
	
Duane Fischer, W8DBF	
NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International