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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