Forum Etiquette

[GySgt1811]

Originally Posted by NoncomRetired

CQ-CQ...anybody out there? (same as Ham radio).

Off topic, I know...sorry, but...

All the "kids" with their tweets think they invented abbreviations, like "lol" etc. Hell that was done already 70 and 80 years ago working the 40 meter band with a key or a bug. As in...

CQ...CQ... = Seek You, Seek You

Gawd, I'm old...

Gunny John (AKA, "Sparks" K9SVD)

PS. Anybody need a QSL for their shack wall?
PPS. CQ-CQ...anybody out there? (same as Ham radio) It IS Ham radio, before VOX. Used to be that a novice could only use code on the 40 meter band until he/she passed their advance test. Then they could drop the "N" from their call sign; i.e., KN9SVD became K9SVD.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by GySgt1811

Gawd, I'm old...

Gunny John (AKA, "Sparks" K9SVD)

My dad was W2JNR...Used to have a stack of his old ham postcards; somebody threw them out...Or they grew legs...Like his war surplus Hallicrafters radio set...That pulled in everything...