CONUS, if it means continental US, is not the same as the lower 48 -
Alaska is part of the continental US. However, if CONUS means
contiguous US...
John ND0N
On 28 Sep 2007, at 1602, Kevin Purcell wrote:
> OT ... delete now!
>
> On Sep 28, 2007, at 12:40 PM, ron wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 12:01 -0400, J. Crit Harley, MD, C.Ht. wrote:
>>> For Sale: Ten Tec Argonaut V
>>>
>>> [...] Shipped
>>> to lower 48 for $725 (postal money order only). [...]
>>
>>
>> "lower 48??"
>>
>> Ron, wb1hga
>> "the 516 is a keeper"
>
> Did this come up here (or QRP-L?) recently? It's an odd phrase (when
> you think about it) but it seems in common usage.
>
> Geeks nitpick about it all the time
>
> <http://zurich.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2004-09/0247.html>
>
> but it has a historical origin (from that brief period when the flag
> had 49 stars **)
>
> <http://zurich.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2004-09/0251.html>
>
> and the whole of that thread.
>
> Obviously were are going to have to force people to use CONUS instead
> or perhaps reclaim BC from those pesky VE7's :-)
>
> ** (for the humor-impaired) Yes, I know it never did.
>
>> Homer: (pointing to the US flag) Please identify this object.
>> Apu: It appears to be the flag that disappeared from the public
>> library last year.
>> Homer: Correct. Now, we all know the thirteen strips are for good
>> luck, but why does the American flag have precisely forty-seven
>> stars?
>> Apu: Because this particular flag is ridiculously out of date! The
>> library must have purchased it during the brief period in 1912
>> after New Mexico became a state but before Arizona did!
>> Homer: Uh, partial credit.
>
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