I guess that's not the same as Camarillo Brillo?
:-)
73, Zack W9SZ
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 9:21 AM, John Unger <w4au@verizon.net> wrote:
> I remember a talk given by Tree at Dayton a few (many?) years ago. He
> started off with a language pronunciation lesson stressing the fact that
> there are no "L" sounds in Cabrillo. He then proceeded to say that he and
> Trey were driving somewhere in southern California trying to decide on a
> name for the format when Trey (or maybe Tree?) spied a road sign with the
> word Cabrillo on it, and that was the decisive moment.
>
> DISCLAIMER: This report relies on my somewhat faulty memory and some of the
> facts my be erroneous, but it's basically true, I think....
>
> 73 - John, W4AU
>
>
>
> > > From: on5zo@telenet.be
> > > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > > Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 15:39:47 +0100
> > > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Origin of Cabrillo
> > >
> > > Trivia Time!
> > > I did some browsing but I couldn't find why the Cabrillo format was
> dubbed
> > > 'Cabrillo'. Anyone?
> > >
> > > TNX de Franki ON5ZO
> > > http://www.on5zo.be/
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