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

[Geoff Edmonson]

On 03/01/2011 06:22 PM, Bob Peters wrote:

> You might be (and probably are) an Amateur Radio operator, if:

Lessee... I'm guilty of...

> 2. You have stripped wire with your teeth.

Yup... fingernails, too.

> 6. You have gotten an RF burn from your own antenna.

Just last night.  With 20w into the erratically behaving bug-catcher.  
Found the zorch spot, brushed it out, it seems to work again... (till 
the next time)

> 13. You have tapped out "CQ" or "HI" on the car horn in Morse Code to
> another Ham.

Since before I was licensed.

> 15. You know the Latitude, Longitude, and Elevation of your home QTH.

Only after I got involved with APRS.

> 19. When you look at anything made of wire or metal tubing, you wonder if it
> could be used as an antenna.

guilty ;-)

> 20. Your call sign is listed on one or more of your hats, T-shirts, or other
> garments.

One shirt, one hat.  My "Hamfest" uniform.

> 21. You regularly carry one or more tools in your pockets at any given time.

Never know *when* something is gonna break...

> 23. When you look at a barbecue grill, it creates ideas about ground plane
> antennas.

heh.. Currently have a UHF mag-mount on my bbq pit.

> 25. You have referred to your Ham friends by their call sign suffixes
> instead of their real names.
>
> 28. You have looked at telephone poles and power line towers as potential
> antenna supports.

As well as sources of interfering noise

> 29. You have thought you were still hearing CW, SSB, or SSTV tones, even
> when your Ham radio was off.

Especially after working CW on Field Day weekend (oy!)

> 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.

Actually happened to me.  Was driving across Canada and a female Mounted 
Trooper pulled me over and simply asked "what's with all these 
antennas?"  Was working Don/K4KYV that night on 3.885AM, from the mobile/VE7

> 35. Your cell-phone's ring tone is your Ham radio call sign, sent in Morse
> Code

Ooooooo... I LIKE that!
;-)