OK Dennis,
You are showing your AGE.
SPACE CADETS _ VERSION 1
CQ CQ CQ - No Lids, No Kids, No Space Cadets -- "Attributed to the late
W2OY, Mike, back in the late 40's on 75 meters when it was a Class "A" only
band.
Mike was known around the northeast for this everytime he called CQ."
>From Bob Wilder, W4RHW
SPACE CADETS - VERSION 2
If you didn't hear W2OY, you missed a one-of-a-kind. Actually, he said, "CQ
CQ CQ. No kids, no lids, no school bus riders or space cadets. No kings, no
queens, no jacks. This is the NO PHONETICS station, W2OY." I heard that hams
in his town got so worked up over his antics, that somebody sneaked into his
yard one night and drove a pin through his coax, but I have no way of
knowing whether this story is true. -- From Bill, NG3O
He was still doing that back in '63 when I got licensed as WB2ITU and he
would not talk to me, as I was a SPACE CADET (High School Freshman). I would
call him, and he would go into his rant and rave. It was cool, all of us
young hams would call him just to hear him go OFF!! I know someone in
Buffalo still has an audio recording of his CQ, maybe I can find out at this
Friday's WNYDXA meeting.
Yes the story was true about the pins in the coax. At least that is what I
was told back then.
Paul K2DB
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis OConnor [mailto:ad4hk2004@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:49 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections
I was on 20M CW Sunday
afternoon. I sent my exchange, and was shocked when the other op
replied by going on a rant, complete with profanity, on how I was
wasting his time and mine by signing the /5.
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I love it when i get some whack job like that... I would immediately slow
waaay down, then send,
"Pse correct my call AS DE k8do / qrp / 11 / mm / am / no kids no lids
no space cadets AS Got THAT QRL? QLID AR"
But then I'm known to love frequency fights, first timers going 3 wpm, 10
year old kids with mike fright, etc. so maybe I'm not normal?
...
denny / k8do
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