"jawod" wrote in message ...
Dave wrote:
kd5sak wrote:

Nothing, especially jargon, is unchanging. I suspect some CB jargon could
bleed over. I must say that "nine pounds" won't be used by me, however.

John
AB8WH

Yes, again I agree. I never used such terms when I was a CBer, all those
years ago. I also didn't attempt the "L'il Abner" language distortions that
became prevalent on that "band". Even in those days communication was the
goal for me and my main hobby efforts involved antenna building. Even today,
though Ham transceiver technology has far outstripped any possible homebrew
efforts I might wish to try, I can still fiddle about with antennas and do.
Aside from mobile antennas, the only "storebought" antenna I have is a
Hustler 5BTV vertical. They're very popular among my local Ham club members,
probably because we have such good local soil condutivity and they serve
well ground mounted without radials.

Harold
KD5SAK