[SCCC] "There's Something About the Voice"
Joe
nss at mwt.net
Tue Jul 6 09:20:20 EDT 2021
Shhhhh!
That's my secret weapon! I often have my wife call when I can not get
through! Or I have Joanna of W1VE's synth call for me too he he he,
Joe WB9SBD
On 7/6/2021 4:32 AM, Steve wrote:
> From another contester reflector:
>
> A Contester, a DXer, and a QRPer walk into a bar. This bar is no
> ordinary bar: it's a special bar in the basement of the Dayton ham
> radio club.
>
> Everyone takes his seat and orders a Whiskey. Suddenly, there is a
> wild rumor floating around: Martti, OH2BH, is in North Korea and P5DX
> is on the air!
>
> Contester says: I bet that I can work him with my first call.
>
> DXer says: I bet that I can work him with MY first call.
>
> QRPer says: I bet that I can work him with 5 watts.
>
> Everyone moves in front of the rig located in the corner of the bar.
>
> The contester goes first. He turns the rig on, takes the mic and finds
> the last caller. He calls Martti with perfect timing. Martti answers
> to someone else.
>
> The contester was too lazy to wait for three minutes for the linear to
> warm up.
>
> The DXer says to the QRPer: "It's your turn, do your best.".
>
> The QRPer dials the power down to 5 watts and selects CW. He
> frantically calls for three minutes, hoping Martti would pick him out,
> but no cigar: Martti answers to someone else.
>
> Meanwhile, the linear has warmed up, so it's the DXer's turn. He tunes
> the linear for maximum smoke and gives the last two of his call:
> "alpha hotel, alpha hotel!". But Martti answers to someone else.
>
> The waitress notices these three unhappy fellows and asks: "Would you
> guys like to have another three Whiskies?"
>
> Suddenly Martti's voice comes booming out of the speaker: "Stand-by,
> who's the YL, three Whiskey?"
>
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