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- The Italy Delta One Oscar Tango (IDIOT) GUIDE TO REPEATER OPERATION
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- The following phrases and expressions may serve to help the newcomer to South
- London repeater operation feel less out of place on the air.
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- "Whaallo Whaallo Whaallo" :
- This may be used to replace the semi compulsory testing of tone burst
- on the repeater input frequency.
- "Am I getting in ?" :
- This may be tagged onto the above expression should you need to know
- how much chaos you are actually causing.
- "Oover the top, Oover the top" :
- A real ego booster this. Useful when flattening the 1 watt mobile from
- Melton Mowbray with a half (or full) Kilowatt from the Crystal Palace
- ridge.
- "Do what ? Do what ? Whats going on ?" :
- Similar to the last expression.
- "Cor blimey. Whallo am I getting over this ?" :
- This shows an example of a more inventive combination of expressions.
- Especially useful from the Ealing area when there is no jamming in
- evidence.
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- At this juncture I would like to point out that emphasis of one character of
- your callsign (or whoever's you are using) is always good for effect.
- Examples : Jay Youuuu Jay, Eye Peee Zed, Ess Deee Ahh, and so on. The middle
- character is the most commonly chosen for elongation but there are variants
- such as leaving the callsign untouched but altering the suffix, i.e.,
- Moooowbile, strooowke A. A classic callsign alteration is the condensing of
- the G8 to Gait. Or of course the total omission of a prefix enables the DX
- chasers amongst us to; quite rightly; insert any rare prefix he likes into
- his log, should he actually have one.
- If you happen to get cornered by a fairly sensible person who enquires as to
- your gear then to be really "in" there are two standard answers:
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- 1) I'm using a 227R running ten Watts to a Slim Jim at 35 feet.
- 2) I'm using an IC211E multimode into a microwave modules linear giving
- 70 Watts to an 8 element beam at 60 feet from ... (QTH).
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- To help you really stand out from the crowd, try suffixing your transmission
- with something like Dim-de-dim or Beep, both of which add that je ne sais
- quoi to your operating.
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- Here are nine SL classics:
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- "Whats the matter with you, are you on drugs ?"
- "Its the beer talking"
- "Hark at him. Has he just rolled out of the pub ?"
- "Is it going to be bedlam on here again ?"
- "Have a bit of respect for an old soldier"
- "You need your mouth washed out with strong carbolic"
- "You need a taste of the whip my lad"
- "You need locking up"
- "I've got 36 names and addresses and I'll read them out when the time
- is right, and not before".
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- Finally, all repeater users should practice the use of the all time stand-by
- "Or something". This should be used instead of a verbal fullstop. I.E. "I
- think the PA has blown up or something as its gone all funny or something and
- the SWR is wrong or something."
- The letter G at the end is not compulsory. If the above suggestions are
- followed then you need never take body building courses and no sand will be
- kicked in your face and it will keep you off the simplex frequencies where
- real amateurs can enjoy their hobby in peace.
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- *** LONG LIVE HUMOUR ON PACKET ! ***
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- From : G0HWC @ GB7LWB.#27.GBR.EU
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