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    Ham Radio Dreams?

    Hi guys,

    So I just woke up. Had this weird dream.

    Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith) had opened a technology store.

    The store had a ham radio section. Two Chinese ladies tried to sell me a VHF antenna that clipped on your golf bag and an off brand antenna tuner.

    Neither of them knew much about radio. But I told them I already had a tuner made by Elecraft.

    They told me they are going to start carrying Elecraft next week.

    Then I woke up.

    WTF.
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    So there I was, totally naked. With only a rubber hose and a stuffed animal...

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    Did you fall asleep with the scanner on?

    Like that post was...
    Moving on, my posts are not helpful

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    The Fluid of Spock KD8TUT's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by WZ7U View Post
    Did you fall asleep with the scanner on?
    Nope... was next to the wife in bed.
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    So there I was, totally naked. With only a rubber hose and a stuffed animal...

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    "Usual Suspect" WZ7U's Avatar
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    Must've been something you ate. Or a preoccupation with Steven Tyler. Or Elecraft. Could've been Flex, so consider yourself lucky. Sorry about your fate.
    Last edited by WZ7U; 02-15-2019 at 04:49 AM.

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    A nightmare i tell you... a nightmare....
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    (BillyIdol)"...Flex...Flex for fantasy...we waaaaannt FLEX..."(/BillyIdol)

    Sorry; couldn't resist.

    ETA:

    Did you fall asleep with the scanner on?
    The ham shack currently has 4 scanners, 3 IC-R7000s and 2 R-5000s monitoring various non-amateur comms...throw in 4 HF and 2 VHF/UHF transceivers, a MURS rig and a CB (if I don't use one of the general coverage rigs to listen to 11M) and the room can get very noisy. Yet I can easily pass out in the middle of all of it...but certain phrases coming across the scanners or receivers will rouse me from a dead sleep.
    Last edited by N8YX; 02-15-2019 at 09:11 AM. Reason: Additional content
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    Quote Originally Posted by KD8TUT View Post
    Nope... was next to the wife in bed.
    Similar system, more hiss

    Oh the humanity!
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    Quote Originally Posted by KD8TUT View Post
    Nope... was next to the wife in bed.
    This totally explains everything!
    Why,driving into a brick wall at 60 miles per hour, would I expect it not to hurt! :roll:

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    My Ham Radio Dream

    My Ham Radio Dream: A 5.0 liter, Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor with an extra 165 amp Leece-Neville alternator under the hood to a seperate 12 volt system, my Icom '706 and my Palomar 5200 "Class-B Linear Amplifier."

    Mounted on the side of the rear bumper is a screwdriver type ("Lil Tar-Heel") antenna.

    The rest is radio.

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