i did almost exact same thing with field day only a couple years ago. Was
thinking i had one more weekend to go and pretty much flipped on 2 meter
hand helf to hear them all heading home. Surprised didn't hear them bad
mouthing me about it, hahaha. They didn't call asking where the heck i was
though so the guilt partly goes back to them. Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: I'm an idiot!


> Well, since we're all fessing up here....
>
> I might as well relate two stories....
>
> First, back in 1991, a friend and I decided to operate FD together.  That
> year, there happened to be five weekends in June.  So, on Saturday June
22,
> I called Amateur Electronic Supply to order some wire and ladderline to
> throw together an all-band dipole we could use with a tuner.  The
gentleman
> there waws very responsive and promised that he'd ship it out yesterday,
> Loll.  I thought he was a bit facetious at the time.  The next day, I
heard
> quite a bit of Field-day talk on the repeater, and only then did I realize
> that I was a day late and would have to wait till next year.  I'd thought
> for some reason that FD was the last weekend in June, not the fourth
> weekend.
>
> My second story occurred this year.  This is real embarrassing.  I hooked
up
> my TS-2000 and it wouldn't work.  I tested the power supply and it had no
> voltage.  Got it repaired and took it back to the shack.  Tried hooking up
> the rig, and it wouldn't turn on.  Checked the power supply and it was
fine.
> Called the tech and just happened to mention that i hooked up the black
wire
> to the positive lead.  He said "Wait!"  I had gotten confused between
> electrical hookups and econometric data, where of course being "in the
> black" is positive.  He said "remember, red is red-hot!"
>
> Luckily, the 2000 survived my stupidity!
>
> Steve
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