W2OY Lancaster, NY: "No kids, no lids, no school bus riders." I was all three, lived abt 8 miles away. Tuff time getting my DX-35 heard thru Mike's BC-610. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Coleman N2BC http://home.stny.rr.com/n2bc ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:53 AM Subject: [AMRadio] No Kids, No Lids.......
> I believe that famous CQ speech originated with a W8 in Ohio in the late > 50's. Don't remember his call, but it was a two letter suffix. It went > something like this: > "CQ....CQ...CQ ......No Kids, No Lids, No K calls, No Space Cadets,......... > this is W8xx". I remember how disappointed I was to hear it because I was a > kid with a "K call" at the time. I don't remember the rest of it, but > remember hearing it many times around 1959-60 time frame on 40M AM.. While > we are walking down memory lane, anybody remember W3EBM ....."Three Empty > Beer Mugs"? I think he was in Scranton, PA. I was in awe of his booming > signal on 40M AM from a Johnson Desk KW back in 1959. Wow! he would peg the > S-meter and rattle the speaker Hi, Hi. > 73, Jack, W9GT > > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w9gt/index.htm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Edmonson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:17 PM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Subbands and FCC > > > > > > > NO kids NO lids (grin!) > > > > "No lids, no kids, no space cadets, no school bus drivers." ;-) > > > > Who has/knows the full text of that? It was someone's CQ, > > and the first time I heard about it, was from Floyd/WA5TWF > > ex-President/S.P.A.M.*, now a silent key since 1987. > > > > > > 73 = Best Regards, > > -=Jeff/W5OMR=- > > > > * = "S.PA.M. = Society for the Preservation of Amplitude Modulation" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AMRadio mailing list > > AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > _______________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >
