[Qcwa] 5 and 6 meter fun

Fri, 10 May 2002 14:01:38 -0500

That's classic!

Rick

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Craswell" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: [Qcwa] 5 and 6 meter fun

> I remember ditching a Heath Sixer on a neighborhood chum hoping that
> listening to the gang on 50.4 MHz would interest him enough into getting
his
> ticket.  He lived just one house down and I could hear a distinct rushing
> when he switched on.  The Regen hissing back out the antenna?  Of more
> interest I could faintly hear him speaking when he was near the radio and
> yelling.  As in saying "I'll be right down" when the dinner bell was rung.
> I suspect he had a Microphonic tube.
>
> I reported this to him thinking maybe he had a microphone connected and
> warned him about the fines and jail time for transmitting without a
license.
> He assured me he not only didn't have a microphone but I was crazy.  I
told
> him to yell into the radio when he got home and I would report what he
said.
> Most of what he said I can't repeat but it was a clever use of only 4
letter
> words used to describe me and my Ham Radio activities.  When I phoned him
> with a report of what he said he met me at the backyard fence and returned
> the Sixer.  He didn't like to be snooped on even if it was unintentional.
>
> 73 de Jay W0VNE
>
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