Pure fluke. The numeral "8" is considered lucky by some in older Chinese culture, much of which still exists here. Conversely, "4" is not so good, many buildings here have all floors ending in "-4" omitted, in the floor numbering system.
Co-incidentally, my phone extension ends in "68" as is my (GW) house number - but my birthday is on the 13th, again less than auspicious! My best ever Hong Kong QTH was on the 13th floor, worked lots of serious 160 dx with a top fed 1/4 wave vertical, but my xyl wanted to move to a lower apartment. Hence my need for a K2 and /P. Cheers, Wyn, VR2AX ----- Original Message ----- From: "KJ3D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Wyn Hughes'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:26 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K2 Number K6 > OK, I'll bite. What's special about 6008 or 6068? (And I already KNOW I'm > gonna be sorry for askin'). > > I did notice your post was at 6:08 today. > > 6073, > > Tom, KJ3D > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wyn Hughes > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 6:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Number K6 > > Twice as many IC-781s as were built. I'm up for 6008 or 6068 if Elecrat > decide to sell 'cherished numbers', and 6888 could be quite a good > investment. > > 73, VR2AX > > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
