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EMERGENCY POWER SYSTEM by Elmer A.
Hamoprater Another letter
from Elemer A. Hamoprater to Hamuniverse.com....printed exactly as
he sent it to me! If you have read other letters from him here,
you know that spell checkers are wortless with his
spelling.!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "hay agin mi ham radyio
frend. i wuz jest thinkin abowt sum of mi ham raydio advintures
an thawt i wud tel u abowt how i tryed to mayke a mergency
genarater fer bak up lectricety fer mi ham raydio quepment. awl
uf mi ham quepment has tu hav twelvolts tu wurk rite an i had ben
havin alota truble weth tha lectrik cumpany cuttin mi lectric
powur offalot on acount uf i wadden payin em lyke they thawt i
shud. thes is how i tryed to mayke a mergency bak up genarater
sistem sow i cud hav free lectric fer mi raydio quipment. i hav a
creek abowt fore er fife hunered fut frum mi shak weth alota watur
init most year rownd sow i got tha idear thet i cud us it fer a
sorce uf powur ef i cud come up wetha wey tu mak lectricity frum
it. i startid tu thinkin abowt it fer a whyle an i rememered i
had an ol genrater frum a semeye truk thet had run ofa tha mownten
awhyle bak. i herd tha dryver waddent hert much jest bruzzid up
abit but tha truk wuza totul rek an i wuz abull tu tawk em entu
givin whut wuz lef uf tha truk tu me. it wuz doun at tha bottum
uf tha mownten and me an ol yep mi dawg shor hada tyme gettin awl
them parts bak up tha mownten an tu tha shak. ol yep mi dawg
shor ded wurk awful hard heping me git thim parts bak up thet grate
big hill. it tuk him awlmost fore days tu git tha job dun. smart
dawg my yep. i tyed a rope tu him an he pulled thim parts as hard
as he cud up al tha way tu tha top. he shor hada tyme gettin tha
ingine up. dum dawg mi yep.
wel we finealee gotum awl bak
bahine tha shak and i shor wuz tyerd an ol yep cuddant hardlee wawk
sow i dacided tu git us a snak an i went an got yep sum rute beer an
biskits an i got me sum lefover posume an a liddle sippin licker.
yep lykes rute beer an biskits jest abowt as much as mi sippen
licker an biskits. i wuz sow tyered thet i drunk a hole jar uf my
gud ol sippin licker but i dont member much abowt eneything aftur
thet. i gues i got off tha subjek aliddle but thes is how i tryed
tu mak tha genrater. mi ol laydie wuz gone huntin sow yep an me
had tha playce awl tu ourselfe sow i got tha truk genrater an an ol
fan blade an yep an me wawked doun to tha creek. ther wuz an ol
log hangin doun in tha watur sow i put tha blade on tha genrater an
tyed tha hole theng owt on tha en uf tha log sow tha blade wud be
terned bi tha watur an it wud tern tha genrater. i then wint bak
to tha shak an got a hole armload uf tha antenner wire frum tha
fince thet i rote u abowt ina nuther letter. wel i cunnected tha
wire tu tha cunnecters own tha genrater an strunge it frum tha
genrater tu awl tha trees tween it an tha shak. ol yep woke up
abowt thes tyme an i gues he musta thawt thet we wur gettin mor
antenner wire an he wuz suposed tu be mi test dawg agin sow up he
sprung an wint ovur tu tha wire hyked his hine leg an let er
fli. sparks flu an a big puf a smoke wint up an he let owt a
great big yep an did a bak flip an run tu tha creek hine en furst
justa bellerin. tha sparks cawt tha wuds on fire but ownly burnt
doun a cupple uf akers acordin tu tha voluntear fire
departmint. ol yep wuz shor mad at me fur a long tyme aftur
that. tha fire wuz sow hot thet it meltid most uf mi antenner
wire but it dident hurt tha genrater caws tha log it wuz own burnt
ento an fell ento tha creek. ol yep lykes ta swim an play in tha
watur sow sum day i will git hem tu fine it fer me. i wuz gonna
sind u tha plans fer tha bak up mergency lectrical sistem but tha ol
laydie used em in tha owt howse. i wil rite mor latur as suun
as i git mor monie. i am stil payin tha fire dapartmint.
ur
frend elmer a hamoprater possem spit,tinasea
pee
ses i hope mi spellin is knot tu bad fer u. thes letturs geve
me gud praktus Un-quote!
UPDATE FROM "ELMER A.
HAMOPRATER" This just came in the snail mail from Elmer's "ole
layde" addressed to your's truly, N4UJW:
Quote: deer ser
eye presheate yur putin nem leters from elmur on yur websyte
but he kant right eny mor fer a whyle. he es in jail. he got cawt
gettin some mor uf that antenner wire frum our naybors bull yard
fence an he cawlled tha law on em. the bull got out an tore down tha
road after sum cows an they aint ceen hem cents. thay arested elmer
an hawled em off to jail. hes dawg yep bit one uf tha depudies real
bad in tha scuffal an tor hes pants clean off hes legs. thay shot at
tha dawg but missed hem. he wus to fer up a tawl tree. that dawg
must still be up en a tree sum wher skared to death. pour
yep. elmer rote me a leter frum jail fer me ta let you kno thet
he aint fergot abowt you puttin hes leters on yer syte but i fergot
wher i put it. i was sapposed ta git it tu yu. eye thenk et es in
tha owthouse. he sayed thet thay wud let em hav a ham radyo en
jail ef he wus gud enuf so maybee he wil rite ya sune frum jail er
cawl ya on tha raydo. et shore has been gud tawkin to ya ther at
that ham uneverse dawt kom sow ial clowse fer now. yurs
trule elmers wyfe ima hamoprater pee sess yu ken put
thes on yer syte ef ya thenk et es allwrite sow hes ham budies will
no abowt hem. UNQUOTE!
Editor.....Thanks Mrs.
Hamoprater...........I just did! eym glad ei downt spel lyke
Elmur... N4UJW HI!
********************************************************************************************* Latest Update on Elmer
(January, 2005)
AJ4D,TIM, IN THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE; RELAYS THIS
LATEST MESSAGE TO ME (January, 2005)) FROM ONE OF ELMER'S "FRIENDS"
THAT HAS A BIT OF CONCERN ABOUT HIM! DO I DETECT A JAIL BREAK IN
THE WORKS? Quoted directly from "clem's" message AND
slightly re-edited
for easier reading as follows:
"n4ujw, I
been sendin them leters that elmers been writtin on yur syte on out
to tha ham oprators in tha tellico tenasee airrea. Tell hem we been
sportin him won hunerd perscent frum over hear in the tellico
mownens. My best frends frend has a frend who wurks in the korthowse
in monroe kownty seshuns kort an I mite be abull to pull a few
strangs fer him iffin he needs to git out of the slamer. we been
billdin a whol slew of them antenners lyk hees ben billdin outter
dem bull pens wirs. tell elmer , iffin hes outta the jayul yit, that
we lerned a bunche frum him and hes idears . he mite git a job with
the SERA peple or the ARL wit all thet teknikal cents hees got.
I dun talked 17 miles on that wir antenner bilt outta tha bull
pin wir . elmer got a gud idear on nem insalayters too to canekt tha
wir to. 17 myles on 80 meaters is tha best I ever done an thet aint
no ly !! 2 myles wit 200 wats wus my best til tha bull pin wir went
up en flamse butt it never cowst me a dyme sow I wuzant ouwt eny
muney! yurs truelie clem. pee s i aint givin
ouwt mi call sine fer gud reezons cuz i aint gonna be elmers
roomate! syned clem"
THANKS TO
TIM, AJ4D FOR KEEPING US
POSTED! Elmer is still in jail over in East
Tennessee from the latest info we have from him...... Here is
another letter (slightly re-edited for easier reading) relayed to us
February, 2005 from Tim, AJ4D
"elmer,soree we gawt sidtraked this passt wekend. we awl
ment to git u owt uf tha slammer, but we awl gawt to raydioin an
popped tha kork on tha jug an u no how that eended up. we did git
sum good dee x contaks tho on tha big ol raydio that charlee has.
whyle we wur on 20 meeters some fellers frum the eff ce ce wuz on
thar an they sed that we wuz all goin to get fine an I towld em we
wuz feelin more finer ever minit. Dem fellers commince bout prop per
pracedyours er sompen an we wuz tryin to figger wut them fellers wuz
tryin ta git acros to us an I wok up tha nex mornin et hom. bak
to dem dee x contaks. I tawked ta sum fellers way up over yonder in
endeeya an over in afreeka an sum feller with a jay poll made outa
closeline. Sum feller that charlee knows wurks oer in oke rige an
giv charlee sum of dem big ol toobs an I put em in tha lil
ol yayzu ef t 301 raydio that i gawt frum u. I tell u whut emer,
hol on a minit an let me git me anudder siwg outta duh
gug........... innie way we hadda put rons welddir kaybulls on tha
ol 301 raydio caws it burnt tha pawer kord offin tha raydio caws i
reckon it wuz pullin two much juse. I hookked it up onna tha too
twenty braker on the barn an den run tha co aks to tha bull pin ware
down on tha sidda tha rode. sum body musta throd out a sigerette
or sumthin lass nite caws all tha grass is burnt off in undor thet
bull pen ware plum out the holler fer bout for milz or so. I
reckon u shood be bak with us by feel day. iffin u are , we will put
tha ol yayzu ef t 301 bak on tha welddir cables n thro out yor
closeline a few tymz. iffin we hadent hadda try to figgur out whut
tha ef ce ce feller was tawkin bout, we wud have had mor contaks
then tha seventen hunert en forty ate we gawtt in that nite. we bin
tawkin bout goin up on tha mountnen.... bet we can tawk bedder up
thar then upin tha holler. I reckin sumbode sed it is overr sics
thowsan foot. I reckon u wud let us borree ol yep ta karre that big
ol raydio up yunder fer us. well, emer, gotta go. tha ol laide
is yeppin at me sumthin bout tha powwur bill bein overr cix hunurd
dolars this tyme. them powwur fellars put sum kinna new meeters on
tha howse an I bet that is whut run all tha powwur bills up. won
lite down at that barn an my ol raydio is all the stuff I got that
youses powwer. I dawnt no whut cudda run everbotties powwur bill
up. it has to be tham new meeters they put up. well i aint
gunna put p with them kinda powwur bills sow i got an ol ax i had
layin a round an cut tha sukker off tha wall and put sum ol coper
pipe in batween tha powwur wares....man i allmos got lektracuted an
them sparrks shure ded fli but i gotter dun. now my powwur bill shud
be alot lowur. jest gos to sho ya how ya ken put al thet
lektronik thery ta gud use sum tymes. mi ol layde es yellin at
me agin abowt wastin all thes payper on leters whin we cud bee putin
et ta gud use in tha owthowse sow i beter syne off fer now. tawk ta
ya agin reel sune... sebentie trees yur ham frends" MORE TO
COME?.......N4UJW! |
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