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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:46:33 +0000
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Subject: Re: LF: RE: OR7T 559
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Monty Python dealt with this subject in the "Holy Grail"

Guard: I'm French!  Why do think I have this outrageous accent, you
      silly king!
  GALAHAD:  What are you doing in England?
  GUARD:  Mind your own business!

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/mphg/mphg.htm



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73 Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ     136-140kHz
WD2XSH/23 505-510kHz
WE2XEB/2   160-189kHz
WE2XGR/1 505-515kHz

FN42hi
http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xgj.htm

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From: "Graham" <g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.uk>
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> We appear to  be in the company of a very rare occurrence , a French pirate 
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> The last documented individual aptly name 'Olivier The Mouth' apparently ran 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John RABSON" <john.rabson@wanadoo.fr>
> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: LF: RE: OR7T 559
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> On 31/01/2008 at 12:18 John Pumford-Green GM4SLV wrote:
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> >That 477 is an interesting report!
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> >"Readable with practically no difficulty, moderately strong signals,
> >near pure tone with trace of ripple modulation."
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> >Don't hear too many "non-T9" reports these days...
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> Last weekennd in between DIYing, I had a quick listen on 40 m and went back 
> to a G6 two-letter call who was calling CQ Contest.  I signed Foxtrot 5 
> Victor Lima Foxtrot.  He came back to me:
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> "G9VLF you are 59 etc"
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> With a call of that antiquity, he should have known that G9 calls are not 
> issued to the ordinary radio amateur.  Also, as he got my prefix wrong I was 
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> John F5VLF
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