Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:10 AM 2/26/05 -0800, you wrote: >In a message dated 2/25/2005 8:33:36 AM Central Standard Time, >r.s.taylor@comcast.net writes: >Peter - Gee, not only a former neighbor, but also a fellow ham. >Never worked Christmas Island myself, but certainly knew of it as a >popular field day destination. I worked mostly 6 and 20. Haven't >been active in decades. Never heard the "S-key" story before. Funny. > > > >I've had conversations with people on Christmas Island via amateur > >radio. One of the people I spoke with told me was that the > >missionary who complied the first dictionary of the native language > >broke the "S" key on his typewriter. So he substituted "ti" for "s." > > > > >There are several of us hams on the LUG. I am active , but also have never >worked Christmas Isl. > >Gene