I think you have discovered the answer to those big contest scores we keep
seeing out of the
East coast...there must be a flurry of PL-259 soldering going on at the last
minute back there...all that lead vapors gotta be the reason for those low
end of 20 frequency fights..
We in the QCAO*, are never allowed to solder anything, and that explains our
mellowness in radiosport activites...
*(Quarter Century Appliance Operators)
73 K7SS/KH7
At 07:38 PM 2/6/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I think I've got this thing figured out. I was subjected to one
>of those tirades a few years ago (the first and only time I've
>dared go near those frequencies) and didn't know what to make of
>it. Oh sure, I could recite the psycho-babble answer but even
>that is somehow lacking. I have the real answer now.
>On the way home tonight I heard a news story on the radio about
>school yard bullies. It seems somebody has found elevated levels
>of lead in the blood and bone marrow of these kids. This is
>theorized to be the cause of the anti-social behavior. These guys
>on 75m aren't pig farmers, they're Solder Suckers(tm) ;-)
>Sure does explain a lot.
>
>72 de Rick WZ2T NNY
>ARRL, QRP-ARCI, NorCal, NE-QRP, CQC
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>richards@nylink.org
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