Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:
K4YZ wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:
KØHB wrote:
wrote
We have NOT seen where any other radio amateur has
ever "worked" him on the amateur bands.
Is that the papal 'we' or the royal 'we'?
Third option:
In 'phone operation, some hams and others refer to themselves
as "we" on the air. As in "We were listening on 3885 last night
and heard the Timtron trying out a new PW rig" or "Yes,
Claude, we saw the new Annihilator 2000 at Dayton but frankly
it's really just a repackaged Pulverizer 1000 costing 50% more"
and such.
Morse Code operators never use the plural to refer to themselves
alone.
When pressed for a reason to use the plural, some respond that
"we" refers to 'the station and the operator', thereby
anthropomorphizing the rig to degree that is rather extreme.
So perhaps Len is referring to himself and his radio when he
uses the term 'we'. IOW, when Len wrote:
"We have NOT seen"
he was referring to himself and his classic, compact Johnson.
HyperLog extract station K0HB
(SNIP) Thanks again, Hans.
Log extract K8MN ARRL SS Phone:
(SNIP) You too, Dave.
Has anyone worked Lennie and his "Part 15 rig" yet? N0IMD?
KB9RQZ?
Nope.
Let's see, of current and past rrap posters, I have worked:
K4YZ
K0HB
W4NTI
WA2SI
W3RV
W0EX
W6RCA/W5DXP
AC6XG
KE3Z
using various amateur bands and modes. Mostly HF CW, but also VHF FM.
Also personally met W3RV and W1RFI.
(apologies to any I've forgotten).
Apology accepted. You worked the K8MN FD operation from here a few
years back and we worked during SS CW in 1980.
DOH! Sorry, Dave! There's probably a couple more I've worked, too, such
as AT4ST (Arnie) and K3LT.
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Say, your imagery of the lodge hall reminded me of these classic lines
of prose:
"The fire in the shack of the .....radio station burned low and
conversation lagged. .....Lazy, feathery flakes, beginning at midnight,
had changed to a fine, peppery mist swirling in from the north, and the
wind moaned down the chimney in icy cadences."
"...was the chief operator and and wore sterling crossed bars of chain
lightning on the shoulder of his navy blue jersey. There was no greater
this side of Heaven..."
"Five minutes passed with only the wind, the old clock, and the keying
relay breaking the silence."
"....and touched the knob timidly. The shadow scale above it moved
slightly. How easily it turned! Encouraged, he moved it a little more.
A faint hiss which had begun to evidence itself in the dynamic speaker
was at that instant ripped asunder by a kaleidescope of crisp,
bell-like signals..."
"Thousands of miles of black, tumbling ocean intervened. Outside, the
two great towers, outlined irregularly in white, rose up and up into
the swirling snow; downstairs the input reactors sang monotonously in
the ghastly glow of the rectifiers......imparted a dull radiance to the
the polished edges of the neutralizing condenser discs. All were
waiting, ready to hurl the dynamite."
73 de Jim, N2EY