[Heathkit] Twoer Humor?

[Bill Guyger]

FB Duane!

Bill AD5OL

>>> "W8DBF D.B. Fischer" <dfischer at usol.com> 04/30/06 11:02PM >>>


I came across this bit of rhyme I wrote in 1962 while transfering files 
tonight. I thought some of you might find it amusing, especially if you ever 
operated the legendary Heathkit Twoer lunchbox. You have not lived until you 
work two meter AM with this baby! The first QSO i ever had was on one at the 
Shack of my high school friend, Mark Decker, K8UZJ. (SK in 1996) What great 
memories. Some Hams swear they knew when their buddy a quarter mile or more 
away turned on his Twoer, as he got interference on his RX as the noise 
floor rose! And he had not even transmitted, this was from the reg circuit 
alone! Want to get even with an obnoxious neighbor, get a Twoer and have at 
it! Nothing is immune!

Duane Fischer, W8DBF

Before me sits my Heathkit Twoer,
The antenna is its stinger.
Should I use this copper meat skewer,
Or bend this old coat hanger?
Polarity, which one to use,
Vertical or horizontal?
Its spectrum looks like rainbow hues,
The splatter is monumental!
Its amplitude modulation,
But transmits at low power.
The neighbors share their aggrevation,
When you wipe out their family hour!
This lunchbox has no food inside,
The range is your next county!
A kit you built from plans supplied,
Pure fun, no mutiny on this bounty!
It came from Benton Harbor,
To a landfill it shall go,
No headstone or fancy arbor,
For RF leaks kill all that grows!
Yes the Twoer is a legend,
On two meters it was the King.
More fun than you imagined,
This lunchbox had real zing!


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