"N2EY" wrote:

Or when the person says "gee, guess Ah bettah turn
on the afterburner" and the signal jumps up 20 dB.....


Yep, it does somewhat give it away, doesn't it? That reminds me of a drunk
CB'er heard with the shortwave one night. Over a course of an hour or so, he
contacted maybe a dozen people and asked each one how he sounded. No matter
what that person said, he always responded with "Maybe this will help. Ugh!"
as he turned on his linear (the "Ugh" was a long, drawn out, grunt). After
the initial surprise, I couldn't stop laughing each time he did it. The fact
that he was perfectly serious (he was simply that proud of his, possibly
new, toy) made it all the more humorous.

It all ended with a argument with another CB'er. I couldn't hear what the
other CB'er said (cheap shortwave receiver), but I got the impression that
he was complaining about interference with another channel.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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