On 2013-02-12, at 9:37 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> Calling DX on your dummy load means there are two dummys in the
> shack...
>
> Looks down, shuffles feet...
>
Hi Gary,
Don't feel so bad...
Back in the mid-70's---when my Ham buddies & I were so much younger, and
indulged on a semi-regular basis in liquid refreshments that were a tad
"spunkier" than your usual Dr. Pepper soft drink---I was giving a demonstration
to a friend of how well my Heathkit SB-400 & Hallicrafters S-77A worked on
40-meters. Well, the "...wobbly pops" came out at about the same time as I
cruised the band: signals were down somewhat, but I still managed to raise a
"VE2" that was about a 559.
Upon completion of the QSO, I noticed that the antenna had been disconnected
from the antenna tuner the whole time! Somehow the tuning of the transmatch
allowed it to become a dummy load in & of itself---yet there was the "VE2" in
the log, as large as life itself...
"...What a pity that youth is wasted upon the young...!"
~73!~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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