[CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections

[Dennis Vernacchia]

The W2OY Ditty

I think it went

Cq Cq Cq

No Dubble U As, No Dubble U Bees
No Lids, No Kids, No Space Kadets,...... PLEASE !

73, Dennis N6KI
( ex WB6LGI 1964 NNJ )


On Jan 9, 2008 8:18 AM, Professional Home Inspections <
Paul at prohomeinspector.net> wrote:

> OK Dennis,
>
>  You are showing your AGE.
>
> SPACE CADETS _ VERSION 1
> CQ CQ CQ - No Lids, No Kids, No Space Cadets -- "Attributed to the late
> W2OY, Mike, back in the late 40's on 75 meters when it was a Class "A"
> only
> band.
> Mike was known around the northeast for this everytime he called CQ."
> >From Bob Wilder, W4RHW
>
> SPACE CADETS - VERSION 2
> If you didn't hear W2OY, you missed a one-of-a-kind. Actually, he said,
> "CQ
> CQ CQ. No kids, no lids, no school bus riders or space cadets. No kings,
> no
> queens, no jacks. This is the NO PHONETICS station, W2OY." I heard that
> hams
> in his town got so worked up over his antics, that somebody sneaked into
> his
> yard one night and drove a pin through his coax, but I have no way of
> knowing whether this story is true. -- From Bill, NG3O
>
> He was still doing that back in '63 when I got licensed as WB2ITU and he
> would not talk to me, as I was a SPACE CADET (High School Freshman). I
> would
> call him, and he would go into his rant and rave. It was cool, all of us
> young hams would call him just to hear him go OFF!! I know someone in
> Buffalo still has an audio recording of his CQ, maybe I can find out at
> this
> Friday's WNYDXA meeting.
>
> Yes the story was true about the pins in the coax. At least that is what I
> was told back then.
>
> Paul K2DB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis OConnor [mailto:ad4hk2004 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:49 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections
>
> I was on 20M CW Sunday
> afternoon. I sent my exchange, and was shocked when the other op
> replied by going on a rant, complete with profanity, on how I was
> wasting his time and mine by signing the /5.
>
>
> ****************************************************************************
> ****
>
>  I love it when i get some whack job like that... I would immediately slow
> waaay down, then send,
>  "Pse correct my call   AS  DE k8do  / qrp / 11 / mm / am / no kids no
> lids
> no space cadets   AS   Got THAT  QRL? QLID AR"
>  But then I'm known to love frequency fights, first timers going 3 wpm, 10
> year old kids with mike fright, etc. so maybe I'm not normal?
>
>  ...
>
>
> denny / k8do
>
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