[CQ-Contest] 807s

[Jack Brindle]

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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- Jack Brindle, W6FB
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