Here is one more for the growing list You have a couple of handhelds next to your bed, for monitoring.
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:48 AM, <wa4...@comcast.net> wrote: > You Might Be (and Probably Are) > an Amateur Radio Operator, If: > > > 1. You have bought black electrical tape in ten packs. > 2. You have stripped wire with your teeth. > 3. You have told your child, "One day, all this will be yours," and he or > she did not respond at all. > 4. You would rather help another Ham friend to hook up new equipment, or to > put up a new tower, than to mow your own lawn. > 5. You have grabbed the wrong end of a hot soldering iron. > 6. You have gotten an RF burn from your own antenna. > 7. You have given out RST reports while you were on the telephone. > 8. When the microphones or visual aids at a meeting did not work, you > rushed up to the front to fix them. > 9. You have told the XYL, when she noticed a new rig in the shack, "Why, > that has been there for years." > 10. You have set your watch to UTC only. > 11. You have had to patch your roof after an antenna project fell onto it. > 12. You have put a GPS tracker in the XYL's car or on the riding mower, > just so you could watch it on APRS. > 13. You have tapped out "CQ" or "HI" on the car horn in Morse Code to > another Ham. > 14. Your teenager has refused to ride in your car because it looks like a > porcupine. > 15. You know the Latitude, Longitude, and Elevation of your home QTH. > 16. You have gone into the local Radio Shack store, and the store clerk has > asked you where something is and how it works. > 17. You have answered the telephone with your call sign, and then finished > the conversation with "73" and your call sign. > 18. You have looked for antennas, radios, and Morse Code in movies and > television shows. > 19. When you look at anything made of wire or metal tubing, you wonder if > it could be used as an antenna. > 20. Your call sign is listed on one or more of your hats, T-shirts, or > other garments. > 21. You regularly carry one or more tools in your pockets at any given > time. > 22. When any kinds of batteries go on sale, you get really excited. > 23. When you look at a barbecue grill, it creates ideas about ground plane > antennas. > 24. You have designated all your friends as Hams or Non-Hams. > 25. You have referred to your Ham friends by their call sign suffixes > instead of their real names. > 26. You have intentionally confused Non-Hams by telling them that the only > things you talk about on the air are pork products. > 27. You have intentionally scared Non-Hams with the word "RADIATION"! > 28. You have looked at telephone poles and power line towers as potential > antenna supports. > 29. You have thought you were still hearing CW, SSB, or SSTV tones, even > when your Ham radio was off. > 30. Your Go-Bag has more clothes in it than your dresser does. > > 31. You have a SKYWARN sticker on your back window. > > 32. Your significant other sits in the back seat, and your radios ride in > the front. > > 33. Your neighbors wonder if you are a "Narc" (narcotics officer), a Spy, > or a Federal Agent. > > 34. The cops pull you over because they want to see the inside of your car. > > This one is actually being done by Tim Clark, KB4RPV: > > 35. Your cell-phone's ring tone is your Ham radio call sign, sent in Morse > Code http://www.planetofnoise.com/midi/morse2mid.php). > > ______________________ > > Thought this might be worth a little chuckle > WA4HFN > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb