As I was told by my Elmer a long time ago........ and I don't remember
the call of the station that did this:
CQ CQ CQ....No Kids, No Lids, No Funny Calls.....
W and K - 1 by 3's only
73,
Zig KM9M
k3ft@erols.com wrote:
> 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....
>
> de k3ft.. He had a number of them, variations on the main one 'No kids, no
> lids, no
> space cadets. Class A operators only'. I have heard the standard one, but
> was told that
> he would vary his patter depending on mood, QRM, and whether or not he was
> being
> baited/called by WA/WB etc. As has been noted by others.. (and I myself) He
> was viewed
> with a sort of 'fondness' (not seroius fondness, but rueful smile 'he's
> eccentric' fondness) as 'our little non-offensive slightly weird crazy
> eccentric
> relative of the family that we put up with as he is harmless'
>
> There were others, but he is the one that seems to have the widest legacy of
> those who
> heard him, know of him, or have knowledge of his antics.
>
> 73
> Chuck K3FT
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland!
> THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS!
> http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>
>
|