I don't know, but I always referred to it as tilting down some "cold" 807's.
Since they were so plentiful after the war, I would imagine some anonymous
(and smartass) ham came up with that phrase when his "XYL" yelled down to
the basement (where his shack was located) and asked him what he was doing
down there. He sharply responded by saying, " Getting rid of some cold
807's." The wife having just enough knowledge that an 807 was one of the
strange bottles (the term "bottles" probably ads to the flavor too), that
her husband uses in his radio. Mind you, this is purely presumption on my
part.
Oops, there goes another cold 807!
Mike
W3SLK
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Fliss <fredffff@hotmail.com>
To: amps@contesting.com <amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 11:45 PM
Subject: [AMPS] Whither the 807?
>
>I have a question that would seem to fit no other mailing list (other than
>perhaps the homebrew email list, but not the one associated with ham
radio).
> Ages ago in a land far, far away (OK, only a few hundred miles), we used
>to tip an 807 from time to time. The hams where I work claim to have never
>heard the term '807' used as reference to a sudsy barley-based beverage
(OK,
>I have ruled out most mass-market American beers by that statement, but I
>stand by it - if it's got lots of rice in it, it ain't beer). Rich
>sometimes refers to "suds" on here meaning "power", but as far as I can
>tell, that term is used only by the CB crowd for that purpose. I assumed
>that's where Rich got it from, too. But it does not seem to be related to
>the earlier '807' term. Anybody have a clue about when or why '807' got
>dropped? Was it about the time 807s, 1625s and the like were no longer
>found in typical ham gear? I have to admit, stopping by the local pub for
>an MRF454 does not have the same appeal...
>
>FF
>
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