Meaning of big switch | Babel Free

Definitions

The switch controlling one's radio equipment.

Examples

“I saw⟳ the thin pencil of smoke⟳ before I smelt the heated wax. Automatically I hit the big switch⟳. Sitting mute, I watched the faint line of smoke⟳ fade⟳ into oblivion, and with it went the hopes of this CQ Contest... The Receiver power trannie had packed up.”

“This is the cliché-er who will see⟳ you further down the log⟳ because he has to pull⟳ the big switch⟳ and modulate the mattress.”

“I noted in a recent publication that the "sale of spectrum," the stuff we use⟳ every time we throw⟳ the big switch⟳, was the subject of renewed efforts by President Reagan to charge "users" for access to the radio spectrum […]”

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