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Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5

Maarten
"Stroke" can mean many things. Stroke of a hydraulic piston. Stroke of
an engine piston. Stroke as in medical condition. Stroke as in pull on
the oars in a boat. Stroke of a pencil. English is obfuscatory.

Stroke has been used on the bands for as long as I've been a ham which
is many years. Anyone who calls you on it is him(her)self the idiot. As
you know in English "stroke" is but one syllable. Portable is three
(Port--a--ble), wasting lots of your time and effort to pronounce it.
And adds absolutely nothing to intelligibility. Please....continue to
sign OZ Stroke PD2R.

73 Art K6XT, K6XT Stroke NH9

--
73 Art
Allison, Colorado
"Whether you believe you can do a thing or
not, you are right." --Henry Ford.

The last two weeks of May I will be staying in Denmark and of course I'll

> take my K3 with me. Normally there's not much time to play with the radio
> but during these two weeks of vacation I will have some time to have some
> fun on the bands.
> Now, it's not the first time I've been in OZ but recently I discovered
> that
> I may have pronounced the "/" incorrectly. During previous visits I used
> to
> say "Oscar Zulu Stroke Papa Delta Two Romeo".
> But I noticed the NA stations pronounce the "/" as "portable". After
> realizing that "stroke" means a very bad condition involving the loss of
> brain function, it sure sounds stupid.
> So I guess I should say "Oscar Zulu Portable Papa Delta Two Romeo", am I
> right?
>
> I know it's a bit OT but I don't want to sound like an idiot anymore ;-)
>
> 73, Maarten
> PD2R

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M0XDF

Re: signing stroke - getting OT now

I would sign portable (or mobile) if I was and I wouldn't say "stroke portable", but if I was F/M0XDF, I would sign "foxtrot stroke mike zero xray delta foxtrot" or more likely "fox stroke mike zero xray delta fox"
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have
not had time to remake the world. -Will Durant, historian (1885-1981)

On 3 Apr 2010, at 06:23, Art K6XT wrote:

> Maarten
> "Stroke" can mean many things. Stroke of a hydraulic piston. Stroke of
> an engine piston. Stroke as in medical condition. Stroke as in pull on
> the oars in a boat. Stroke of a pencil. English is obfuscatory.
>
> Stroke has been used on the bands for as long as I've been a ham which
> is many years. Anyone who calls you on it is him(her)self the idiot. As
> you know in English "stroke" is but one syllable. Portable is three
> (Port--a--ble), wasting lots of your time and effort to pronounce it.
> And adds absolutely nothing to intelligibility. Please....continue to
> sign OZ Stroke PD2R.
>
> 73 Art K6XT, K6XT Stroke NH9
>
> --
> 73 Art
> Allison, Colorado
> "Whether you believe you can do a thing or
> not, you are right." --Henry Ford.
>
> The last two weeks of May I will be staying in Denmark and of course I'll
>> take my K3 with me. Normally there's not much time to play with the radio
>> but during these two weeks of vacation I will have some time to have some
>> fun on the bands.
>> Now, it's not the first time I've been in OZ but recently I discovered
>> that
>> I may have pronounced the "/" incorrectly. During previous visits I used
>> to
>> say "Oscar Zulu Stroke Papa Delta Two Romeo".
>> But I noticed the NA stations pronounce the "/" as "portable". After
>> realizing that "stroke" means a very bad condition involving the loss of
>> brain function, it sure sounds stupid.
>> So I guess I should say "Oscar Zulu Portable Papa Delta Two Romeo", am I
>> right?
>>
>> I know it's a bit OT but I don't want to sound like an idiot anymore ;-)
>>
>> 73, Maarten
>> PD2R