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|    Message 13,007 of 13,334    |
|    Daryl Stout to Nigel Reed    |
|    Re: SDR    |
|    10 Oct 25 16:55:50    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 25.fidonet_ham@1:19/33 2d4eb6ff       REPLY: 3621.fido_ham@1:124/5016 2d4de9c9       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Win32 master/0e9549266 Sep 07 2025 MSC 1942       TID: SBBSecho 3.29-Win32 master/0e9549266 Sep 07 2025 MSC 1942       BBSID: TBOLTBBS       CHRS: CP437 2       FORMAT: flowed       Nigel,               NR> Software defined radio is something which is pretty new to me,               A fellow ham in California uses SDR to listen to...and the checkin       to several HF nets.               However, thought SDR stood for "Spousally Declined Radio" (hi hi).       I cite these 5 memes:              1) The OM is doing housework, and the XYL is glaring at him, snarling       "Look at you!! Tonight, you're washing dishes. Last night, you did the       laundry. And, the night before, you did the vacumming. What part of       YOU ARE NOT GETTING ANOTHER RADIO do you not understand??".              2) The XYL tells her OM to look at her, right in the eyes, and say       that he didn't buy a new radio. His eyes are spread apart...the left       eye pupil to the left, and the right eye pupil to the right.              3) The XYL is behind the door, with 3 things to grab, as her OM is       coming home late.              A) Rolling Pin - Drunk       B) Whip - Late       C) Shotgun - Bought Another Radio              4) A billboard noting that "September is 'Buy your husband a ham radio       month'".               I'll bet the XYLs want that billboard destroyed!!              5) A T-shirt I saw on the Huntsville Hamfest Facebook page, noted "I       would get more housework done...but my XYL keeps taking me to all these       hamfests!!" (hi hi).               Another ham has a deal with his XYL (she's not licensed). For every       dollar he spends on ham gear, he has to buy her a comparable amount in       clothing.               Along that line, this XYL says "If my OM didn't buy me all these       wonderful clothes, I'd be naked all the time!!".               Her OM laments "NOW, she tells me!!"               The last time I was at the Huntsville Hamfest, Don Wilbanks, AE5DW,       was talking to several other OM's, but he didn't see his XYL standing       next to him. When he pulled out his wallet to go do some shopping, she       took it out of his hand, and walked off. He lamented "Well, I guess I       am not doing any shopping for awhile". Everyone in the area roared with       laughter (hi hi). In short, it was a hamfest version of the opening       scene with "The Jetsons" cartoon.              73,              Daryl, N5VLZ              ... WARNING!! I'm naked under these clothes!!       === MultiMail/Win v0.52       --- SBBSecho 3.29-Win32        * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)       SEEN-BY: 18/200 19/25 33 38 41 105/81 106/201 987 124/5016 128/187       SEEN-BY: 129/14 305 130/330 153/7715 154/110 218/700 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 111 200 206 300 307 312 317 400 426 428 470 664 700       SEEN-BY: 229/705 266/512 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757 342/200 387/18       SEEN-BY: 387/25 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 19/33 396/45 229/426           |
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