[Elecraft] Ham Radio as a Side Dish

[Roger Stein]

Ham-activated avocations....

Rebuilding the instrument cluster in a 1988 Ford Mustang for road racing. Two fasteners, two factory Ford plugs and presto...out comes the dash pod!

Mega squirt air/spark/fuel engine management KIT, yes lots of soldering, same car now with a race built 347 stroker and a new engine harness for the new mass air meter, O2 sensor, 32# injectors.  Connects to a laptop pc for on the go engine tuning.  Also came with an engine simulator kit to test the final assembled board.

This car competed in the Nevada Silver State Classic and on road course tracks in WA and OR.

High speed electric model boats, hydros, sponson riggers, tunnel cats, mono hulls,
Many scratch built, all needing servos, speed controllers and RC gear. These were raced competitively against others racers in the different classes at the local area racing ponds. 

These were all things my son and I did together.

Who says hams don’t have other connected interests?!  Life is full of adventures, what are some of your ham inspired activities??

And after almost 54 years of hamming, finally made it to Dayton the last two years!

73, Roger VA1RST, K7SJ, WA7BOC 
K2 755, K3 75


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> On May 26, 2018, at 8:45 PM, Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:
> 
> Like many others on the list, I survived decades as a pilot (commercial-instrument, multi- and single- / former CFI / some noncompetitive aerobatics / and a glider rating.)  In fact, I discovered long ago that many GA pilots are hams and vice - versa.  More than one might expect.  The advantage of ham radio is that I don't need a medical certificate to keep doing it (lost mine in 2011 after battling with the FAA for a series of "specials").  It is also far less expensive; unlike owning airplanes, I never had to convince the XYL that owning a transceiver was financially reasonable.
> 
> A second connection is radio astronomy, along with the related subject of SETI.  Anyone know if Paul Allen was ever a ham?
> 
> Ted, KN1CBR
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>    Message: 3
>    Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 21:29:11 -0700
>    From: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
>    To: Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>    Cc: KX3 <KX3 at yahoogroups.com>
>    Subject: [Elecraft] Ham radio as a side dish
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>    Many of us combine our affinity for radio with other activities we?re equally passionate about ? perhaps more. An obvious example (one that renders this post marginally non-OT) is hiking / camping; for some of us, it?s a natural environment for small radios and big ambitions. 
> 
>    What are your ham-activated avocations? Do they come with as-yet-unsolved problems in the field of radio ergonomics? 
> 
>    Where is the boundary between communications media and the things you most enjoy talking about?
> 
>    Wayne
>    N6KR
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