[SOC] Can someone answer this for me?

[john youell]

Hi Bill,

Sounds like a good candidate for the SOC!! Did you send him a membership
application??

73, John

----- Original Message -----
From: "ng3o" <ng3o@earthlink.net>
To: "SOC" <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Can someone answer this for me?


>
>
>
> > One of the great questions perplexing me now (yeah I know, I've
> probably got
> > too much free time on my hands) is, are people (ok, some hams)
> really,
> > really stupid or are they just plain obnoxious?
>
> I recently heard about an Extra Class ham in Florida who didn't have a
> clue about how to check his swr even though his TS-870 has a built-in
> swr meter. He was totally perplexed about why he wasn't getting out
> very well anymore. He used to get out fine, and the only change that
> had been made in his setup was that he had cut down the big tree that
> had supported one end of his dipole, and then, for lack of a better
> support, had wrapped one end of the dipole (uninsulated wire) around a
> metal fencepost. This is probably the sort of individual who never
> seems to know where the DX is listening.
>
> 74,
> Bill NG3O
>
>
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