I think it was just a general reference to a "glass bottle", one containing
"enhanced" hops, of course.
FWIW, K9GX (enjoying a cold 807 full of Michelob dark after the VHF test)
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From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jack Brindle
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 2:22 AM
To: Zack Widup
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com; Barry Merrill
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 807s
I used to have a bunch of 1625s, and have seen a few 807s. If beer
bottles used to look like those, they were truly strange. I bet they
were hard to drink from...
On Jun 10, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
>
> Not sure when, but I think it was because the shape of the tube
> vaguely
> resembled a beer bottle.
>
> If it had twice the alcohol content,would it be a "cold 1625"? :-)
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Barry Merrill wrote:
>
>> Not off topic, completely, because I first heard the reference at
>> the first Field Day I attended in 1955,
>> but does anyone in this esteemed audience know the
>> reason why, and when, a "cold 807" first became a beer reference?
>>
>> Barry, W5GN
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