On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Joe Gervais wrote:
>
> OK, you can't FYBO properly without a thermometer sitting
> next to your keyer.
You know, it occurs to me that you guys forgot a multiplier for precipitation. Up here in the glorious Pacific Northwest you can be in
the Western lowlands in winter and the temp may not be so bad (mid-40s),
but it will be RAINING. Frankly, for misery and danger, cold blowing
rain is a LOT worse than mere snow or calm sub-zero temperatures, where water remains in the solid phase.
So how might we account for this? If one merely goes out in
one's Winnebago, runs out the awning, puts out a table and chair for the
op position, life isn't too tough. But if you have to set up a tent to
operate in IN THE RAIN, why that oughtta be worth a bunch of multiplier
points.
How about a "I was wet" multiplier? 10% of the time = x1; 33%
of the time x2, 66% of the time and had to change clothes at least
once, x3 ; 100%of the time, is x 1/2 (for stupidity). Guys who
spill their ice tea on themselves by the pool are not elegible for "wet"
bonus multiplier!
I'm working that Saturday, so the best I could hope for would be an
hour or so at the tail end. Perhaps I'll go out in the yard, throw up
a wire, and get wet for a while.
73, ; D DWink@Juno.com Dan Winkler N7IVR Seattle, WA
----------whom the gods would destroy, they first make proud ----------
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