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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.
"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.
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:
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).
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.
Here are nine SL classics:
"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".
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.
*** LONG LIVE HUMOUR ON PACKET ! ***
From : G0HWC @ GB7LWB.#27.GBR.EU
*** EOF