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    W7LR

    Stumbled across this bio while googling info on the Hallicrafters dxpedition to Africa:

    http://www.qrz.com/db/W7LR

    This guy could give the wik a run for "topper".

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    WIK was his Elmer.
    A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory

    RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL





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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    WIK was his Elmer.
    O that was good.

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    WIK bought him the oatmeal to feed his family, then showed him how to make it into an antenna.
    "Friendships come in strange packages
    The best ones are opened with a smile"

    NA4BH '15

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    Oatmeal aerials have a 14dbi gain built in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by suddenseer View Post
    Oatmeal aerials have a 14dbi gain built in.

    That's "14dbi built in grain".
    A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory

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    You find that in "nutrition facts".
    "The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
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    And I would think that a drink that would go with that would be any beverage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    And I would think that a drink that would go with that would be any beverage.
    But hardly anyone would have glass big enough to hold it.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Not in New York at least, not enough cup and not enough real estate.
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