[AMRadio] You might be (and probably are) an Amateur Radio operator, if:

Tue Mar 1 21:00:17 EST 2011

  36. The trees in the yard appear to be supporting a giant
  cobweb of #12 stranded wire?
   Good one Bob!
   AD5HR, Jon

--- On Tue, 3/1/11, James Liles <james.liles at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: James Liles <james.liles at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] You might be (and probably are) an Amateur Radio operator, if:
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 6:52 PM
> Good one Bob!!!  Kindest regards
> Jim K9AXN
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Bob Peters
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 4:22 PM
> To: mesquiteham at yahoogroups.com
> ; 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur 
> Service' ; boatanchors at puck.nether.net
> ; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: MASON ; jay at kk5im.com ; James_heye at sbcglobal.net
> ; Maury Guzick
> Subject: [AMRadio] You might be (and probably are) an
> Amateur Radio 
> operator,if:
> 
> This is really good ALL.W1PE
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 35. Your cell-phone's ring tone is your Ham radio call
> sign, sent in Morse
> Code
> 
> 
> 
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