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Nigel,

 NR> Software defined radio is something which is pretty new to me,

  A fellow ham in California uses SDR to listen to...and the checkin
to several HF nets.

  However, thought SDR stood for "Spousally Declined Radio" (hi hi).
I cite these 5 memes:

1) The OM is doing housework, and the XYL is glaring at him, snarling
"Look at you!! Tonight, you're washing dishes. Last night, you did the
laundry. And, the night before, you did the vacumming. What part of
YOU ARE NOT GETTING ANOTHER RADIO do you not understand??".

2) The XYL tells her OM to look at her, right in the eyes, and say
that he didn't buy a new radio. His eyes are spread apart...the left
eye pupil to the left, and the right eye pupil to the right.

3) The XYL is behind the door, with 3 things to grab, as her OM is
coming home late.

A) Rolling Pin - Drunk
B) Whip - Late
C) Shotgun - Bought Another Radio

4) A billboard noting that "September is 'Buy your husband a ham radio
month'".

  I'll bet the XYLs want that billboard destroyed!!

5) A T-shirt I saw on the Huntsville Hamfest Facebook page, noted "I
would get more housework done...but my XYL keeps taking me to all these
hamfests!!" (hi hi).

  Another ham has a deal with his XYL (she's not licensed). For every
dollar he spends on ham gear, he has to buy her a comparable amount in
clothing.

  Along that line, this XYL says "If my OM didn't buy me all these
wonderful clothes, I'd be naked all the time!!".

  Her OM laments "NOW, she tells me!!"

  The last time I was at the Huntsville Hamfest, Don Wilbanks, AE5DW,
was talking to several other OM's, but he didn't see his XYL standing
next to him. When he pulled out his wallet to go do some shopping, she
took it out of his hand, and walked off. He lamented "Well, I guess I
am not doing any shopping for awhile". Everyone in the area roared with
laughter (hi hi). In short, it was a hamfest version of the opening
scene with "The Jetsons" cartoon.

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

... WARNING!! I'm naked under these clothes!!
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