[amsat-bb] Re: A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change
You forgot a few. 1. When looking for a place to live you don't look for a nice neighborhood, you look for the highest spot in the county with no trees. 2. Every grommet in your firewall has a 1 bundle of wires coming through it. 3. After you finish converting a computer PSU into one that can power a radio, you unplug it from the 120VAC and plunge your hand into the PSU to make some adjustments, just to remember the function of the electrical component called a capacitor. (I have done that) I could keep going. 73! Zack KD8KSN -Original Message- From: wa4...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 2:48 PM To: AMSAT Subject: [amsat-bb] A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change 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
[amsat-bb] Re: A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change
Or when out on a Sunday drive with the XYL you point homes as great ham locations!. When shopping for a new home, antenna considerations were highest priority. Holidays are scheduled in areas/dates with great hamfests or ham conferences. 73, Ed - KL7UW At 10:48 AM 2/24/2011, 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 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 == BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-1.4kw*, 432-100w, 1296-testing*, 3400-winter? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@hotmail.com == *temp not in service ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change
At 07:21 AM 2/25/2011, Zachary Beougher wrote: You forgot a few. 1. When looking for a place to live you don't look for a nice neighborhood, you look for the highest spot in the county with no trees. Trees are important skyhooks for wire antennas! ;) Not so good for satellite operators though. 2. Every grommet in your firewall has a 1 bundle of wires coming through it. Hahaha, so true. ;) 3. After you finish converting a computer PSU into one that can power a radio, you unplug it from the 120VAC and plunge your hand into the PSU to make some adjustments, just to remember the function of the electrical component called a capacitor. (I have done that) Oops. ;) 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change
Here's Mine: You sell your dream house after getting licensed because the HOA has antenna restrictions. Tony Langdon vk3...@gmail.com wrote: At 07:21 AM 2/25/2011, Zachary Beougher wrote: You forgot a few. 1. When looking for a place to live you don't look for a nice neighborhood, you look for the highest spot in the county with no trees. Trees are important skyhooks for wire antennas! ;) Not so good for satellite operators though. 2. Every grommet in your firewall has a 1 bundle of wires coming through it. Hahaha, so true. ;) 3. After you finish converting a computer PSU into one that can power a radio, you unplug it from the 120VAC and plunge your hand into the PSU to make some adjustments, just to remember the function of the electrical component called a capacitor. (I have done that) Oops. ;) 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change
My dream house wouldn't include a HOA in the first place. 73s John AA5JG - Original Message - From: saguaroas...@cox.net To: Zachary Beougher zack.kd8...@hotmail.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org; Tony Langdon vk3...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:52 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change Here's Mine: You sell your dream house after getting licensed because the HOA has antenna restrictions. Tony Langdon vk3...@gmail.com wrote: At 07:21 AM 2/25/2011, Zachary Beougher wrote: You forgot a few. 1. When looking for a place to live you don't look for a nice neighborhood, you look for the highest spot in the county with no trees. Trees are important skyhooks for wire antennas! ;) Not so good for satellite operators though. 2. Every grommet in your firewall has a 1 bundle of wires coming through it. Hahaha, so true. ;) 3. After you finish converting a computer PSU into one that can power a radio, you unplug it from the 120VAC and plunge your hand into the PSU to make some adjustments, just to remember the function of the electrical component called a capacitor. (I have done that) Oops. ;) 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com ___ 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 ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change
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
[amsat-bb] Re: A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change
And when all 6 outlets in your 20x20ft bedroom have a power strip plugged into them.. -Original Message- From: Larry Teran Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:57 PM To: wa4...@comcast.net Cc: AMSAT Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A LITTLE HAM HUMOR for a change 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 ___ 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
