could have been even more off the wall, if you made the "buy of the
radio, somewhere in the "Polar Regions.  *Sorry about that,/might even
be a "sorry with a fringe on top,**But that would only apply if you
made the "buy, in O K L A H O M A!  That's enough, I'm out of here,
73s All, Danny Dyer wb4idu. I never had a solid state national
receiver, but their tube ones were outstanding.

On 5/5/10, Gary Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Kevin,
> Warped minds must think a like...  As I was reading this, I thought of the
> exact same thing.
>
> 73, Gary, N5GD
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Kevin Minor
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 5:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: My poor attempt at humor: RE: nc300 wanted
>
> Hi Lloyd and list.
>
> I usually don't quote from a message, but I'm going to use the text that
> Lloyd sent to set up a question.
>
>
> The HRO-300 was solid-state, but built before much was known about reducing
> the effects of non-linearity of bipolar transistors.  It was built somewhere
> around 1967, and got a bad reputation for intermodulation distortion,
> cross-mod, etc.  National Radio Company wasn't around for much longer than
> that.
>
> Now for my question, which has nothing to do with ham radio.  Please don't
> throw those old electronics parts at me.
>
> Since this radio had bipolar transistors in it that caused trouble, could
> you say it had bipolar disorder?
>
> I couldn't resist.  That was too easy to think of for my warped mind, and
> don't think I'm belittling folks who suffer from this disease.  I have it,
> and it's quite interesting, to say the least.
>
> Hope this put a smile on your face.
>
> 73
> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
> [log in to unmask]
>