[TVARC] ft-8

[John Ellis]

Thanks to all! Yes, I am president of the Ham Dem Radio Club, and it has my
old Atlanta call of W4MRJ.

What does Ham Dem mean? The local dialect on St Croix is called Crucian.
When speaking Crucian, you use the word "dem" (them) after the singular
form of the noun to designate the plural. i.e. Cows become "cow dem". More
than one mongoose would become "mongoose dem," etc. Hence, Ham Dem ARC is a
club made up of a plurality of hams! It may sound corny but explaining
"dem" is always a neat way to introduce people to the island and culture
that we have gotten to know so well !!!

So we look forward to having "QSO dem" with more Club members. ☺

73,
J

incidentally, the reason I am using the club call is because if I use NP2B
on FT-8 or JT-65,  everybody will think that I am in the Virgin Islands.
Kind of like I would never use NP2B in the sweepstakes contest this
weekend, operating from Florida. There *may* be one station on from the VI
for the contest, but it is conceivable that there may be no "clean sweeps"
this weekend if nobody shows up from the VI. (and if there is only one
station operating from the VI, unless he sets up a contact, he won't get
the sweep!)





On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Earle <earleiphone at gmail.com> wrote:

> Welcome to the digital world.
>
> Earle
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 17, 2017, at 9:20 PM, George Briggs <k2dm at att.net> wrote:
>
> My computer is looking forward to talking to your computer, John.
> Welcome to FT8.
> George K2DM
>
>
> *From:* John Ellis
> *Sent:* Friday, November 17, 2017 7:12 PM
> *To:* villages reflector
> *Subject:* [TVARC] ft-8
>
> Well, it's not terribly exciting, but when you can't hear anyone using
> that round thingie with holes in the front  that you talk at (I think they
> call it a microphonium) - and you're really not into this "dit-dah" thing,
> I guess it beats what's left!
>
> In any case, my computer has established "wireless (hic) communication"
> w/Dennis (N0SMX) and Frank (KA1AF).
>
> More soon come mon ...
> John, NP2B
>
>
> --
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> John Ellis         (NP2B)
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John Ellis         (NP2B)
1149 Mockingbird Lane
The Villages, FL 32163

telephone 352 633-2910
facsimile  352 633-0401
mobile     340 513-4928
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