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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32  Sep 10 2019 MSC 1922   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.09-Win32 r3.140 Sep 10 2019 MSC 1922   
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   Sean,   
      
   SD>I'm seeing a few new faces in the echo so I thought I'd introduce myself.   
      
   SD>I'm Sean, KD5COL.  I'm an Extra class operator located in Limestone, TN.   
   SD>I'm good on QRZ and I do have a blog at https://kd5col.us.  I'm off the air   
   SD>right now due to antenna issues but hope to be back up and running soon   
   SD>enough.   
      
     And, I'm glad we had an eyeball QSO years ago when you came through   
   central Arkansas. :) BTW, do you have "alternate phonetics"?? If you   
   don't, you know us jokers will find some for you (hi hi).   
      
     For those who want to know about me, I'm good on QRZ (even with a   
   photo and my eQSL card). My alternate phonetics are for trains or food.   
   While Skywarn got me into ham radio in 1991, I got burned out on weather   
   after 28 years.   
      
   Train Related: Whistled Crossings For Quiet Zones -- Depending on the   
   rail line, some use W for the Whistle Post to warn of an approaching   
   grade crossing ahead...and some use X for Crossing. QZ is Quiet   
   Zone...where local areas have mandated that railroads do NOT sound their   
   horns at crossings, UNLESS meeting another train on an opposite track,   
   or in an emergency. But, they usually have to pay big bucs to install   
   extra protection at the railroad crossing, to keep drivers from trying   
   to beat the train across.   
      
   Basically, it's the law of physics...it takes far more inertia to stop   
   something moving, than it does to get it started moving. Most vehicles   
   (cars) are 1 to 2 tons. One locomotive can be from 250 to over 300 tons.   
   A fully loaded train, moving at 50 mph, can take from 1 to 3 miles to   
   stop, the length of more than 18 football fields. The only thing the   
   engineer can do, after putting the train "into the big hole" (Emergency   
   Stop) is "watch you die".   
      
   I have a page off of my website on grade crossing safety, which is at:   
      
   http://www.theweatherwonder.com/rxr.htm   
      
   Food Related: Wild X(Exciting) Four Quizines. Now, quizine isn't how you   
   spell "cuisine", but there are restaurants known as "Quizno's"...plus,   
   in Louisiana, they spell FIDO (for a dog) as "Phideaux", so there you   
   are (hi hi). To me, H.A.M. stands for "Have Another Meal"...and you   
   don't call us "late for dinner"...unless we're doing the dishes!! (hi   
   hi).   
      
   Indeed, for things like Field Day and hamfests, you have to keep the   
   visitors and operators well fed, and not hungry. One ham radio group in   
   Champaign, Illinois, has a "lunch net" daily...going to a different   
   restaurant every day of the week.   
      
   Daryl, WX4QZ   
      
      
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