This tradition only works if you place your P5 card there On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Question about an old tradition (Rick Hiller) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 00:34:31 -0600 > From: "Allen Brier N5XZ" <[email protected]> > To: "'TDXS Reflector'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Subject: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I have a question about an old and sacred tradition. The tradition is that > of putting certain QSL cards in the concrete base of a new tower to make > the > antenna play better. I did just that on my last tower and the buried QSL > cards have served their purpose quite nicely, I might add! The SteppIR > plays > like a hose! > > > > If I remember correctly, I started with the obligatory JT QSL, and in > addition, I added some others from each continent, a pile of JAs and DLs, > and some from big time DXpeditioners (OH2BH, for example) for more of that > DX and contest Mojo. I don't remember the exact mix, but you get the idea. > > > > I am hoping to get my hole dug this weekend (weather permitting) to put up > my new 18HT vertical. I have made arrangements with "The Dirt Whisperer" to > do the job on either Saturday or Sunday. Who, you might ask is "The Hole > Whisperer"? He is a friend of a friend who has an affinity and a special > talent for moving dirt faster than anyone we know. He can dig a hole and/or > a trench practically in the blink of an eye! While I have not actually seen > this with my own eyes, I am told it is the absolutely truth. A few > greenbacks and a Swinging Door BBQ lunch is all I need to part with and my > whole hole problem is solved! > > > > Now back to my question that is haunting me: Is there a requirement that > all > the QSL cards that goes in my new tower base need be for contacts with my > call or can they be from another call? I have a lot of cards for KL5DX > piled > up here, and I don't really need them. Will they work just as good as cards > made out to N5XZ? > > > > A little sage from the old timers and "Old Codgers" who perhaps know and > understand this time tested and honored tradition better than I, please. > > > > Awaiting wisdom, > > > > 73, > > > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ > > 1515 Windloch Lane > > Richmond, Texas 77406-2553 > > (281) 342-1882 (Home) > > (713) 705-4801 (Cell) > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.bvarc.org/pipermail/bvarc_bvarc.org/attachments/20141203/007e5ee0/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:34:43 -0600 > From: "Sam Neal" <[email protected]> > To: Allen Brier N5XZ <[email protected]>, BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR > RADIO > CLUB <[email protected]>, "'TDXS Reflector'" <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello, > > Years ago when Bob Evans K5WA built his contest station here, we did one > better and added a " not-ready-for-prime-time " E.F. Johnson Valiant to the > bottom of the hole. The DX rolled in every day! > > Anyone who wants it can have it if you don't mind chipping about 3 yards of > concrete away. > > 73, > > Sam Neal N5AF > > > Subject: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition > > I have a question about an old and sacred tradition. The tradition is that > of putting certain QSL cards in the concrete base of a new tower to make > the > antenna play better. I did just that on my last tower and the buried QSL > cards have served their purpose quite nicely, I might add! The SteppIR > plays > like a hose! > > > > If I remember correctly, I started with the obligatory JT QSL, and in > addition, I added some others from each continent, a pile of JAs and DLs, > and some from big time DXpeditioners (OH2BH, for example) for more of that > DX and contest Mojo. I don't remember the exact mix, but you get the idea. > > > > I am hoping to get my hole dug this weekend (weather permitting) to put up > my new 18HT vertical. I have made arrangements with "The Dirt Whisperer" to > do the job on either Saturday or Sunday. Who, you might ask is "The Hole > Whisperer"? He is a friend of a friend who has an affinity and a special > talent for moving dirt faster than anyone we know. He can dig a hole and/or > a trench practically in the blink of an eye! While I have not actually seen > this with my own eyes, I am told it is the absolutely truth. A few > greenbacks and a Swinging Door BBQ lunch is all I need to part with and my > whole hole problem is solved! > > > > Now back to my question that is haunting me: Is there a requirement that > all > the QSL cards that goes in my new tower base need be for contacts with my > call or can they be from another call? I have a lot of cards for KL5DX > piled > up here, and I don't really need them. Will they work just as good as cards > made out to N5XZ? > > > > A little sage from the old timers and "Old Codgers" who perhaps know and > understand this time tested and honored tradition better than I, please. > > > > Awaiting wisdom, > > > > 73, > > > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ > > 1515 Windloch Lane > > Richmond, Texas 77406-2553 > > (281) 342-1882 (Home) > > (713) 705-4801 (Cell) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:19:18 -0600 > From: Scott Medbury <[email protected]> > To: Sam Neal <[email protected]>, BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > In construction lots of traditions or superstitions exist. ?Mrs Linbeck > thw wife of Leo Linbeck used to throw Catholic medallions into the first > concrete placed on projects and pray that no one would be injured. > > Others would throw coins in the concrete like into a fountain or well. > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Sam Neal via BVARC > <[email protected]> </div><div>Date:12/03/2014 09:34 (GMT-06:00) > </div><div>To: Allen Brier N5XZ <[email protected]>,BRAZOS VALLEY > AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>,'TDXS Reflector' <[email protected] > >,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected] > </div><div>Subject: Re: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition </div><div> > </div>Hello, > > Years ago when Bob Evans K5WA built his contest station here, we did one > better and added a " not-ready-for-prime-time " E.F. Johnson Valiant to the > bottom of the hole. The DX rolled in every day! > > Anyone who wants it can have it if you don't mind chipping about 3 yards of > concrete away. > > 73, > > Sam Neal N5AF > > > Subject: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition > > I have a question about an old and sacred tradition. The tradition is that > of putting certain QSL cards in the concrete base of a new tower to make > the > antenna play better. I did just that on my last tower and the buried QSL > cards have served their purpose quite nicely, I might add! The SteppIR > plays > like a hose! > > > > If I remember correctly, I started with the obligatory JT QSL, and in > addition, I added some others from each continent, a pile of JAs and DLs, > and some from big time DXpeditioners (OH2BH, for example) for more of that > DX and contest Mojo. I don't remember the exact mix, but you get the idea. > > > > I am hoping to get my hole dug this weekend (weather permitting) to put up > my new 18HT vertical. I have made arrangements with "The Dirt Whisperer" to > do the job on either Saturday or Sunday. Who, you might ask is "The Hole > Whisperer"? He is a friend of a friend who has an affinity and a special > talent for moving dirt faster than anyone we know. He can dig a hole and/or > a trench practically in the blink of an eye! While I have not actually seen > this with my own eyes, I am told it is the absolutely truth. A few > greenbacks and a Swinging Door BBQ lunch is all I need to part with and my > whole hole problem is solved! > > > > Now back to my question that is haunting me: Is there a requirement that > all > the QSL cards that goes in my new tower base need be for contacts with my > call or can they be from another call? I have a lot of cards for KL5DX > piled > up here, and I don't really need them. Will they work just as good as cards > made out to N5XZ? > > > > A little sage from the old timers and "Old Codgers" who perhaps know and > understand this time tested and honored tradition better than I, please. > > > > Awaiting wisdom, > > > > 73, > > > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ > > 1515 Windloch Lane > > Richmond, Texas 77406-2553 > > (281) 342-1882 (Home) > > (713) 705-4801 (Cell) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.bvarc.org/pipermail/bvarc_bvarc.org/attachments/20141203/204ad72f/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 10:54:33 -0600 > From: "Rick Hiller" <[email protected]> > To: "'Scott Medbury'" <[email protected]>, "'BRAZOS VALLEY > AMATEUR RADIO CLUB'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition > Message-ID: <003c01d00f19$d07df8a0$7179e9e0$@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Jimmy Hoffa, ?Freddy? Dimitri Ivanov and Igor Maloskovich?all missing and > possibly thrown into a building foundation for safe keeping?.. Who?s > buried in Grant?s Tomb? > > > > From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Medbury > via BVARC > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:19 AM > To: Sam Neal; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition > > > > In construction lots of traditions or superstitions exist. Mrs Linbeck > thw wife of Leo Linbeck used to throw Catholic medallions into the first > concrete placed on projects and pray that no one would be injured. > > > > Others would throw coins in the concrete like into a fountain or well. > > > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Sam Neal via BVARC > > Date:12/03/2014 09:34 (GMT-06:00) > > To: Allen Brier N5XZ ,BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB ,'TDXS Reflector' , > [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected] > > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition > > > > Hello, > > Years ago when Bob Evans K5WA built his contest station here, we did one > better and added a " not-ready-for-prime-time " E.F. Johnson Valiant to the > bottom of the hole. The DX rolled in every day! > > Anyone who wants it can have it if you don't mind chipping about 3 yards of > concrete away. > > 73, > > Sam Neal N5AF > > > Subject: [BVARC] Question about an old tradition > > I have a question about an old and sacred tradition. The tradition is that > of putting certain QSL cards in the concrete base of a new tower to make > the > antenna play better. I did just that on my last tower and the buried QSL > cards have served their purpose quite nicely, I might add! The SteppIR > plays > like a hose! > > > > If I remember correctly, I started with the obligatory JT QSL, and in > addition, I added some others from each continent, a pile of JAs and DLs, > and some from big time DXpeditioners (OH2BH, for example) for more of that > DX and contest Mojo. I don't remember the exact mix, but you get the idea. > > > > I am hoping to get my hole dug this weekend (weather permitting) to put up > my new 18HT vertical. I have made arrangements with "The Dirt Whisperer" to > do the job on either Saturday or Sunday. Who, you might ask is "The Hole > Whisperer"? He is a friend of a friend who has an affinity and a special > talent for moving dirt faster than anyone we know. He can dig a hole and/or > a trench practically in the blink of an eye! While I have not actually seen > this with my own eyes, I am told it is the absolutely truth. A few > greenbacks and a Swinging Door BBQ lunch is all I need to part with and my > whole hole problem is solved! > > > > Now back to my question that is haunting me: Is there a requirement that > all > the QSL cards that goes in my new tower base need be for contacts with my > call or can they be from another call? I have a lot of cards for KL5DX > piled > up here, and I don't really need them. Will they work just as good as cards > made out to N5XZ? > > > > A little sage from the old timers and "Old Codgers" who perhaps know and > understand this time tested and honored tradition better than I, please. > > > > Awaiting wisdom, > > > > 73, > > > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ > > 1515 Windloch Lane > > Richmond, Texas 77406-2553 > > (281) 342-1882 (Home) > > (713) 705-4801 (Cell) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.bvarc.org/pipermail/bvarc_bvarc.org/attachments/20141203/86632a99/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of BVARC Digest, Vol 63, Issue 3 > ************************************ >
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