[TenTec] New and Improved Terminology

[Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP]

I just changed my settings for German language and did a search for NVIS.
Every time I found it, it quoted the US terminology and usually some US
author.

For the life of me, I cannot think of any German words fitting the
abbreviation NVIS.
Perhaps they were playing with the concept in WW2 but I doubt that they
called it NVIS.
Hitler would have chopped off more than their antennas if he had heard his
"Funkers" using an English term!

Many of us had two antennas in the 60's and 70's, one for DX and one for
local work.
I don't remember ever hearing the term NVIS back then, and I was very active
on both sides of the pond, beginning in the 50's.

73
Rick
PS  "Funker" is the German word for Radioman.  Funk originally meant sparks.
We often called ours "Sparky".

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of W8BVH
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 11:14 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New and Improved Terminology

I just saw an index on ARRL's site that indicates the QEX magazine index 
mentions the NVIS antenna two times; 1950 & 1955. Here is the web site for 
the index. I don't have access to QEX archives. 
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QEX%2520Binaries/07_November/2007_Index.pdf
Hope this is of some help.
Best regards,
Ralph Howes
W8BVH 

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