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Subject: [CQ-Contest] EO6F & communism
From: n6ki@juno.com (n6ki@juno.com)
Date: Tue Apr 1 22:10:23 2003
As I remember from late 50s possibly early 60s, the ditty went

No WAs ( Double-U-AAAs), No WBs (No Double-U-Bees),
No Lids, No Kids, No Space Cadets, please....

well, that's what I recall hearing him from my NNJ QTH
as WB2JDW back then.

I think he finally became a silent key in early 70s

73, Dennis N6KI

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:14:25 EST W3DMB@aol.com writes:
> "No Kids. No Lids. and No Space Cadets"  was a 75 meter AM  tradition 
> of W2OY 
> back in the early and mid 50's when I was a kid, possibly a lid, but 
> no space 
> cadet.
> I don't remember anyone else using it (at least on the East coast).
> 
> Jerry
> W3DMB  "Doing My Best"
> check 55
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> In a message dated 01-Apr-03 09:44:24 Eastern Standard Time, 
> kg5u@hal-pc.org 
> writes:> 
> > I think so.
> > 
> > Wasn't there a KV4 station that used to include something to the 
> effect of
> > "no iron curtain slaves" in his CQ's? I only ever heard him during
> > non-contest periods.
> > 
> > I've also heard the 'traditional' "CQ - No lids, no kids, no space 
> cadets"
> > from USA stations, mostly on 20 and 75.
> > 
> > 73,
> > dale, kg5u
> > 
> > >Just curious.....
> > >
> > >Did anyone call "CQ contest, no commies" during the hieght of the
> > >cold war?
> > >
> > >I never heard that. As a matter of fact, I think we, as Hams, had
> > >a really
> > >neat relationship, no matter what our political views were.
> > >
> > >73-Chuck KI9A
> > 
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