[KL7AA] The Real Story

[JD Delancy]

>From a friend in West Texas:


  During a recent trip my wife and I were on we drove around the back 
woods of East Texas. On one back road I saw a sign in front of a 
broken down shanty style house: "Talking Dog for Sale."
  Well I needed a break so I stopped to see what the deal was. I went 
into the backyard and see a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there.

  "You talk?" I asked.

  "Yep," the Lab replies.

  Well after I got over the shock of hearing a dog talk, I asked "So, 
what's your story?"

  "Ah shucks there ain't much to tell. Is that a VUU screwdriver 
antenna on your truck out there?"

  "How did you know that," I asked?

  The Lab looks up and says, "Well, I'm a ham radio operator. I got 
my Ticket when I was a young pup and in no time at all I had my 5 
band DXCC in Phone and CW. The CIA heard about me and asked me to do 
some spy work for them. I would hang around the communications centers and
  with my keen hearing I could copy the transmissions. Because no one 
figured a dog would be eavesdropping, I was one of their most 
valuable spies for eight years."

  Copying high speed CW all day really tired me out and I knew I 
wasn't getting any younger. So, I decided to settle down. I retired 
from the CIA (8 dog years is 56 CIA years) and joined a ham radio 
club. In fact I won first place in the Oklahoma QSO Party two years 
in a row. Then I had a mess of puppies and got away from Ham Radio 
for a while. I sure miss my radio. Why don't you buy me and I'll be 
your CW operator in the Texas QSO Party.

  I said "let me see what I can do."

  I went back in and asked the owner what he wanted for the dog.

  "Ten dollars," the guy says.

  "Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him 
so cheap?"

  "Because he's a liar. He never did any of that stuff. He's just a 
No Code Technician."



A shaggy dog story sent to me by W5SYT, John Q Adams.