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W6XTC
06-21-2006, 08:07 PM
Did anyone hear the fiasco on 14.275 last evening? Was station RG8U name is Belden from Monrovia or somewhere, for real?
At first I thought it was a taped recording, but the voice was repeating callsigns that had made a contact.
Then a ham from Kansas made contact with RG8U, which really made me wonder. After the QSO RG8U stated he had just made a contact with someone in Kansas by the name of Dorothy! Well that clinched it for me...had to be some sort of prank call.
Just wondering if anyone else heard it and what they think. It was around 18:00PST and lasted for a good hour or so..
WB2WIK
06-21-2006, 08:20 PM
RG8U is well known and hails from the Belden Congo.

His son "Junior" is RG58U and can be found making connections around the bands.

Do not work anyone identifying as being from Slobovia, as that's on the Banned Countries List. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
ab8ro
06-21-2006, 08:22 PM
haha, damn I was hanging out in the cw portion of 20 and completely missed that. I would have loved to work RG8U, that would have been my FIRST DX contact !!!
WB2WIK
06-21-2006, 08:25 PM
Be careful working RG8U. The call can be contaminated.

He operates from a shielded location and spends spare time tightening his braids. I understand he wears a jacket all the time but can be found exposing his ends when working near antennas.

I don't trust anybody like that.
K0RGR
06-21-2006, 08:34 PM
Yeah, he's badly twisted at the core, too...
KB3LIX
06-21-2006, 09:40 PM
I agree,

RG8U is well known to be a very UNBALANCED fellow !
wa4nms
06-21-2006, 10:17 PM
A known believer in dialectric materialism.
WB2WIK
06-21-2006, 10:25 PM
Reminds me of when I worked 2N3OO.

Poor guy has bipolar disorder. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
06-21-2006, 10:26 PM
Groan!
N4AUD
06-21-2006, 11:21 PM
Don't forget his evil toady, mini-RG8U!
ve2nsm
06-21-2006, 11:24 PM
Quote[/b] (K1ALK @ June 21 2006,19:21)]Don't forget his evil toady, mini-RG8U!
That was a temporary call, now he's RG8X
KB3LIX
06-21-2006, 11:26 PM
Does this thread qualify as 2/3rds of a PUN ??


















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kf6rdn
06-22-2006, 03:09 AM
I worked that slick fellow, WD40 once..
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GM3ZMA
06-22-2006, 08:36 AM
5Z4GT should be able to rectify the problem, but if he is too weak to hear, 6V6GT should be able to make him audible.

Jim GM3ZMA
WA9SVD
06-22-2006, 01:04 PM
Quote[/b] (WB2WIK @ June 21 2006,13:20)]RG8U is well known and hails from the Belden Congo.

His son "Junior" is RG58U and can be found making connections around the bands.

Do not work anyone identifying as being from Slobovia, as that's on the Banned Countries List. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Steve,
You forgot to mention Belden's other son, RG-8X, thought to be illegitimate... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

"Reminds me of when I worked 2N3OO.

Poor guy has bipolar disorder. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif"

Shouldn't that be DIPOLAR disorder?
KA4DPO
06-22-2006, 11:54 PM
Quote[/b] (wa9svd @ June 22 2006,06:04)]Quote[/b] (WB2WIK @ June 21 2006,13:20)]RG8U is well known and hails from the Belden Congo.

His son "Junior" is RG58U and can be found making connections around the bands.

Do not work anyone identifying as being from Slobovia, as that's on the Banned Countries List. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Steve,
# #You forgot to mention Belden's other son, RG-8X, thought to be illegitimate... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

"Reminds me of when I worked 2N3OO.

Poor guy has bipolar disorder. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif"

# #Shouldn't that be DIPOLAR disorder?
I tried to work him a couple of times but he was always doped....
WA9SVD
06-23-2006, 04:09 PM
Quote[/b] (KA4DPO @ June 22 2006,16:54)]Quote[/b] (wa9svd @ June 22 2006,06:04)]Quote[/b] (WB2WIK @ June 21 2006,13:20)]RG8U is well known and hails from the Belden Congo.

His son "Junior" is RG58U and can be found making connections around the bands.

Do not work anyone identifying as being from Slobovia, as that's on the Banned Countries List. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Steve,
You forgot to mention Belden's other son, RG-8X, thought to be illegitimate... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

"Reminds me of when I worked 2N3OO.

Poor guy has bipolar disorder. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif"

Shouldn't that be DIPOLAR disorder?
I tried to work him a couple of times but he was always doped....
No wonder he's usually in a horizontal position!
KE5FRF
06-23-2006, 04:34 PM
No, that couldn't have been RG8U...He's been busy on a FEEDING frenzy for several years now. Oh, well, his LOSS is our GAIN.
G0GQK
06-28-2006, 09:52 PM
Sounds as if the boys on 20 metres were having a bit of fun. Bet they do this every first of April.

G0GQK
N6BOA
06-28-2006, 10:53 PM
...not to mention PL59 - could be a possible connection!
WA9SVD
06-28-2006, 11:13 PM
Didn't RG8U change his call to RG-213U through the vanity call system? But watch out for his brother RG11U. He's on a higher level, but just as imbalanced. Both of them can be pretty high strung around antenna towers.
K7ELP
06-29-2006, 12:48 AM
Yea, I worked him with my new linear, it uses a pair of 1N34A's in push-pull.
K8ERV
06-29-2006, 11:47 AM
Quote[/b] (N6BOA @ June 28 2006,15:53)]...not to mention PL59 - could be a possible connection!
That's gotta be the wurst one ever!!

And 1N34s are always used in push-push, never in push-pull. They need a lotta push.

TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo
WA9SVD
06-29-2006, 03:16 PM
Quote[/b] (K8ERV @ June 29 2006,04:47)]Quote[/b] (N6BOA @ June 28 2006,15:53)]...not to mention PL59 - could be a possible connection!
That's gotta be the wurst one ever!!

And 1N34s are always used in push-push, never in push-pull. They need a lotta push.

TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo
1N34's only work in push-push. 1N34A's will work in push-pull. CK-722's in diode configuration can be substituted.

BTW, that would be the infamous PL259. I guess Barb only copied a partial call... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
But I worked his mate, SO239 not too long ago! They usually work DXpeditions as a team, almost like "hand in glove." At least, that's what my Aunt Enna told me.
WA2ZDY
06-29-2006, 05:15 PM
I remember when n1xon was running for "ham in the white house" honours. Isn't FØRD the president of the French car company?
kl7aj
06-29-2006, 05:23 PM
0Z4 can regulate things a bit.
WA9SVD
06-29-2006, 11:35 PM
Quote[/b] (kl7aj @ June 29 2006,10:23)]0Z4 can regulate things a bit.
0Z4 might be able to rectify some errors, but you will have to contact 0A2 and 0B3 for regulatory services.
WA2ZDY
06-30-2006, 01:18 AM
Then there was Odie, Odie Jr, and then OD3. He was an extra big fellow . . .
WA9SVD
06-30-2006, 05:31 AM
I worked R2D2 during Field Day, right after working C3PO. Some coincidence, huh? But does anyone know the QTH of 6L6GTB? He isn't in the QRZ database. Somebody said he may have upgraded and changed his call to 6L6GC.
K7ELP
06-30-2006, 01:52 PM
Quote[/b] (wa9svd @ June 29 2006,22:31)]I worked R2D2 during Field Day, right after working C3PO. #Some coincidence, huh? #But does anyone know the QTH of 6L6GTB? #He isn't in the QRZ database. #Somebody said he may have upgraded and changed his call to 6L6GC.
I don't know the qth of the 6L6GTB, but I sure know the qth of 807's
WA2ZDY
06-30-2006, 02:02 PM
Quote[/b] (K7ELP @ June 30 2006,09:52)]I don't know the qth of the 6L6GTB, but I sure know the qth of 807's
807's live in fr1dge . . .
KC2ESD
07-01-2006, 12:48 AM
If RG8U is off frequency he is at a LOSS unlike is buddy Mr Lad Line. Also heard on FD, 2N2222 3A NPN
WA9SVD
07-01-2006, 05:29 AM
Quote[/b] (WA2ZDY @ June 30 2006,07:02)]Quote[/b] (K7ELP @ June 30 2006,09:52)]I don't know the qth of the 6L6GTB, but I sure know the qth of 807's
807's live in fr1dge . . .
I thought they're usually "MIA" during Field Day. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
WA2ZDY
07-01-2006, 12:16 PM
I wouldn't call it "missing" as we know exactly where they are: doing their jobs as lubricant!
WA9SVD
07-01-2006, 01:54 PM
ZDY:

Touche!

The sad thing is, most of the "newbies" (from the last 20 years or so) probably don't know of which we speak. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

There aren't a lot of transistors that can do the same. But I knew one crusty OF (now SK) that used to keep 813's at the appropriate temperature also. But I never could tolerate Schlitz...