Re: [IRCA] Radio Dog

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BOOOOOO   HISSSSSS!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gil Stacy" <gilstacy@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 5:46 PM
Subject: [IRCA] Radio Dog


> During a recent trip my wife and I were on we drove around the back woods 
> of
> Georgia. On one back road I saw a sign in front of a broken down shanty
> style house: "Talking Dog for Sale ." Well I needed a break so I stopped 
> to
> see what the deal was. I went into the backyard and see a nice looking
> Labrador retriever sitting there.
>
> "You talk?" I ask.
>
> "Yep," the Lab replies.
>
> Well after I got over the shock of hearing a dog talk, I asked "So, what's
> your story?"
>
> "Ah shucks there ain't much to tell. Is that a VUU screwdriver antenna on
> your truck out there?"
>
> "How did you know that," I ask?
>
> The Lab looks up and says, "Well, I'm a ham radio operator. I got my 
> Ticket
> when I was a young pup and in no time at all I had my 5 band DXCC in Phone
> and CW.
>
> The CIA heard about me and asked me to do some spy work for them. I would
> hang around the communications centers and with my keen hearing I could
> copy
> the transmissions. Because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping, I
> was one of their most valuable spies for eight years." Copying high speed
> CW
> all day really tired me out and I knew I wasn't getting any younger.
>
> So, I decided to settle down. I retired from the CIA (8 dog years is 56 
> CIA
> years) and joined a ham radio club. In fact I won fourth place in the
> 10GHz and Up contest two years in a row. Then I sired a mess of puppies 
> and
> got away from Ham Radio for a while. I sure miss my radio. Why don't you
> buy
> me and I'll be your CW operator in the Georgia QSO Party?
>
> I said "let me see what I can do." I went back in and ask the owner what 
> he
> wants for the dog.
>
> "Ten dollars," the guy says.
>
> "Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him
> so cheap?"
>
> "Because he's a liar. He never did any of that stuff. He's just a
> No-Code Technician."
>
> Gil NN4CW
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