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   The Honeymoon And More - Including The Early Years Of The Harmonics   
      
   And now, by special arrangement, from (dare we say it??!!) a trusted group   
   of Official Observers, the Cabot Nightflyers Net is proud to present "The   
   Honeymoon And More".   
      
   The first night together, they said that their love for each other was more   
   solid than a soldered coaxial connector, and that it'd withstand the test   
   of time, more surely than gasfield hardline.   
      
   After all, they wanted to zero beat their frequencies, to only pull each   
   others signal out of the pileup, as when the band opened up, they would   
   be each others first and only contact. Their devotion to each other was   
   to be more powerful than all of their combined signals.   
      
   And, they wanted to be sure that they resonated together, as they planned   
   to be together, to not go on separate beam headings; with only being   
   silent keys, would they part.   
      
   After all, concerning Radio, Ham could not resistor...wanting to inductor   
   into being a part of his family, and start a new one. And, that's why they   
   decided to get married, and do more than just "shack up".   
      
   And so, in the honeymoon suite...after turning down the lights, and putting   
   on some soft JT-65 music, ham and radio assumed positions of horizontal and   
   vertical polarization, as they got to intimately know each other.   
      
   He would run his hands over the dials and knobs, caressing them, pushing   
   the buttons, turning the knobs, trying to find the contacts that felt so   
   good...to ensure that they did it with frequency...mainly because he wanted   
   to work up her sideband.   
      
   But, they took care not to spread out the wide assortment of wedding   
   gifts...especially the many Morse Code keyers...on where they would sleep,   
   because they didn't want to become infested with bed bugs. Otherwise, that   
   would be a real pain in the brass.   
      
   And, even though it would involve CW Continuous Writing, they did want to   
   spend time filling out the numerous QSL Thank You Cards to all who had   
   attended the wedding ceremony. They would then be sorted out on the DX   
   Bureau there in the Honeymoon Suite, right next to the Amateur Television   
   setup, where they planned to watch special ham radio videos and DVD's that   
   evening.   
      
   Another thing that attracted Ham to Radio, was the out of band receive   
   capabilities. This way, they could listen to non-ham radio communications,   
   when they wanted to just "relax", or when band conditions were lousy. It   
   turns out that both of them were ardent golfing fans. Radio had 18 holes   
   for her ventilation slots, and that made it possible for them to keep cool   
   during fore play. But, they were not caddy in their relationship.    
      
   During anger or otherwise...they pledged not to beat each other with the   
   antennas from their vehicle, as they realized that was the quickest way to   
   come down with "van aerial disease". But, considering the atmosphere, I   
   doubt either was served a "Notice Of Violation"; and all newly married   
   couples are entitled to some privacy.   
      
   But, to celebrate their joyous union in Holy Telephony, they planned to   
   work the station from the Newfane DX Association out of Ransomville,   
   New York...with the callsign of N2SEX...November Two Sierra Echo Ex-Ray.   
      
   We understand this is one of the best CW stations that one can work,   
   especially during Field Day. But, for the honeymoon setting, I guess it   
   could be said that CW stood for "Continuous Whoopee" (hi hi).   
      
   Unfortunately, we understand that the time after the honeymoon apparently   
   wasn't all bliss. As for cravings, it wasn't for pickles and ice cream, as   
   you might think. Ham had to give up eating food, and having 807's around   
   Radio. This was because he invariably would share the food with her, and   
   the particles would drop into the ventilation slots, causing Radio to   
   become rather distorted in her speaking...and quite ill at times. That   
   usually led to morning sickness, which was a common occurrence...but not   
   what you would think.   
      
   It always happened between midnight and midday...but was concentrated   
   between just shortly after midnight and just before sunrise. Every time   
   just as the overnight, juicy, elusive, high priority DX, or prized   
   DXpedition contact was about to be made and logged, the bands would   
   fail...or Ham would bump Radio with excitement, and go off of frequency,   
   losing the contact. Even worse, he'd hit the power switch, and Radio   
   would give him the Silent Treatment in anger. Both were subject to band   
   and mood changes at the discretion of the propagationist relatives, which   
   they felt were trying to hurt their relationship.   
      
   Radio was also jealous of the 807's, because of their tubular nature;   
   but also because Ham had his drink mugs propped up with Beverage   
   Antennas. Radio threatened to short out the relationship if one of those   
   got poured on her, because she got too hot, with the exciters.   
      
   Exams, and RF safety evaluations, had to be constantly conducted, due to   
   expansion of each others capabilities, and radio was constantly being   
   poked, probed, and prodded with antenna analyzers, ammeters, watt meters,   
   and other such devices.   
      
   While waiting for the harmonics to be born, there were some tense   
   moments. Radio would groan "DX, DX, DX!! That's all you ever think   
   about!! You probably don't even remember the wedding night"!!    
      
   Ham replied "Not so, my dear. That was Feb. 12, 2012, when you helped me   
   work X-RayTango One, The Charlie Romeo Zero,The Alpha Charlie Six, and   
   the rare DXpeditions". Radio had to admit that Ham was right.   
      
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