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  1. 03-31-2015, 09:41 PM #21
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    According to Webster...

    geek:

    "a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake"
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    Yeah, my wife's under wire bra is flat between 50mhz and 148mhz, but then so is my wife. Oops. Shit, never mind.
    I'm curious how you convinced her to let you hook up a ladder line and run full kilowat through it...granted she is wearing it. If she is, that would provide a great ground.

    ....hmmm, i wonder if Devie would allow me to try hooking up a delta loop like that...nah, nevermind. Let us know how it works out for you over there, i suspect we will be bring you back to Vegas with us as you may be out of a home.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kb2vxa View Post
    Radio is a Russian inwention.
    Wouldnt that be 'Rrrrodio is Rooshin!" ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
    I resent the words "geek" or "nerd" for someone who is interested in technology , or the sciences. To me it carries a negative stereotype. Does a person who likes to play the guitar call themselves a "music geek" ? Or is a person who likes sports a 'sports nerd" ? What's wrong with the simple old fashioned idea of an "electronics hobbyist" or a "person interested in electronics" ?

    And as far as weird people go, well I think people who consider themselves "normal" in that their only interests in life are watching the ballgame, drinking beer, and mowing the lawn, or other superficial activities, to be weird. How can anyone go through life without any kind of deep interest in anything other than trying to be a carbon copy of the guy next door. Of course this is highly subjective but it's how I see it.
    I see absolutely NO shame in being called a nerd or a geek...yes, i truly am a music geek! I really dont have a problem with it, and i absolutely was made fun of in school (like many of us) for also being a science/radio nerd. The way i saw things, those making fun of me were about as smart as a bag of hammers and i couldn't imagine being arrogant about something like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by suddenseer View Post
    One of my bosses had this poster on his wall. Booger vault............. LMAO
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    Quote Originally Posted by N7YA View Post
    I'm curious how you convinced her to let you hook up a ladder line and run full kilowat through it...granted she is wearing it. If she is, that would provide a great ground.

    ....hmmm, i wonder if Devie would allow me to try hooking up a delta loop like that...nah, nevermind. Let us know how it works out for you over there, i suspect we will be bring you back to Vegas with us as you may be out of a home.
    She didn't complain much. At least not until I stuck her ass on top of a 40' push up mast, and then tried to rotator.
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    Quote Originally Posted by suddenseer View Post
    No spel chekur back then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    She didn't complain much. At least not until I stuck her ass on top of a 40' push up mast, and then tried to rotator.
    I see you are beaming with pride, but be careful, she might go great circle on your vertical and turn it into a dipole.
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    You know you're among friends though when you talk about putting up a new antenna/relocating a current one when the first thing they ask is "How's the SWR?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by K4PIH View Post
    No spel chekur back then.
    is it spuds, or spudz?
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