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GW3TMH > RIGS 10.07.03 10:21l 64 Lines 2062 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : GW3TMH000026
Read: GUEST DB0FHN
Subj: Re:Bicycle mobiles
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Sent: 030710/0818Z @:WB0TAX.#SHRV.LA.USA.NOAM #:39157 [Elm Grove] XFBB7.04h
From: GW3TMH@WB0TAX.#SHRV.LA.USA.NOAM
To : RIGS@WW
>>From: KB2VXA@WT3V.#CNJ.NJ.USA.NOAM
>To : RIGS@WW
>
>Hello Andy G0FTD and all,
>
>You did it on 2M but others do it on HF! Back when CB was worth something
>I had wire baskets aside the rear wheel, one contained a car battery and
>the other a Hallicrafters CB-5A, five channel crystal controlled (with
>tunable receive) beast bristling with tubes. I had a steel whip mounted
>behind me and rigged yp a control head, microphone and speaker on the
>handlebars. Once I was nearly run over by another CBer and it has been a
>running joke ever since because that CBer is now the president of JSARS,
>my ARC and operator of the WT3V packet node/BBS.
>
>I know another ham in northern NJ who still does it with an old 10M rig
>and travels on his "10M Bicycle Mobile" sometimes for more than 100 miles
>while chatting away.
>
>C'mon, a 2M HT and tiny antenna draws little attention from the locals as
>I toodle around town and EMBARASSED? Uh uh, people may turn thier heads
>sometimes, but I just smile and wave as I pass on by. Among other things
>I'm an exhibitionist, so maybe one day I'll do it naked...
>
>BTW, no comments from the peanut gallery, I too saw the naked cyclist
>wearing a tie on Monty Python. Just where do you think I came up with the
>idea anyway? (;->)
>
>73 de Warren, KB2VXA@WT3V.#CNJ.NJ.USA.NOAM
>
>E-MAIL: kb2vxa@juno.com
>
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>Message timed: 01:41 on 2003-Jul-09 GMT
>
>
I remember G3RTU using a very old world war 2 number 18 set on his bicycle when he first got his licence, it looked very dangerous with the 12 foot tank whip.
I have been mobile a few times on my horse...
Ken
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