[KYHAM] Subject: You might be a HAM if............

[Ham Radio]

Another VERY Funny Piece:

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Subject: You might be a HAM if............

> You might be a HAM if...............
>
>   You know the Latitude and Longitude of your home QTH.
>
>   You ask for a Bird 43 for a Father's day gift.
>
>   You receive a Bird 43 for a Father's day gift.
>
>   You calculate the HAAT for your new QTH before you sign the loan
papers.
>
>   Your teenager refuses to ride in your car because it looks like a
porcupine
>
>   Your XYL refuses to ride in your car because all the radios give her
a headache.
>
>   You ever replaced a perfectly good car battery just to get a higher
capacity one.
>
>   Your criterion for a new QTH includes ground elevation, and no
antenna restrictions.
>
>   You ever received a TVI complaint.
>
>   You ever loaded up something strange like your bedsprings or gutters.
>
>   You tried to figure out how to put a stealth antenna onto a public
utility pole
>
>   Your neighbor threatened to call the FCC for you interfering with an
electronic device in their house.
>
>   You ever had an antenna fall down.
>
>   You ever had the same roll of coax up at 3 different locations.
>
>   Your XYL accuses you of moving all those boxes of wire for the last
20 years, but never using any of it.
>
>   You wear a watch that displays time in a 24-hour format.
>
>   The local Radio Shack knows you by name.  
>
>   The local Radio Shack guy figures they don't have what you want as
soon as you walk in.
>
>   You consider an ARRL repeater directory a necessary glove box item.
>
>   You ever took a detour just to look at a new tower that has sprung
up.
>
>   You use your ham call as a computer password.
>
>   You ever used your ham call as a part of an email address.
>
>   You ever bought a ham study guide for another family member in
hopesof getting them interested.
>
>   You plan your vacation to take in as many hamfests as possible.
>
>    You've ever figured out how long a slinky really is.
>
>   You ever tapped out HI in Morse on your car horn to another ham.
>
>   You remember people by their call sign better than their names.
>
>   You ever took a spring vacation to Ohio, so you could drop in on
Dayton.
>
>   You go to an antique flea market with the XYL, just so she would feel
guilty when you wanted to go the >  ham flea market.
>
>   Your call sign shows up on your business cards.
>
>   You ever put a GPS tracker in the XYL's car, just so you could watch
her on APRS.
>
>   You and the XYL took a cruise so you could visit the radio room.
>
>   Ham radio magazines comprise more than 50% of your bathroom library.
>
>   A ham radio activity is included in your business resume.
>
>   If you took a neighborhood walk, not really for exercise, but to
check out the antennas you can see.
>
>   You have taken a radio to work just  to see how well you get out, or
just to use during a lunch hour.
>
>    You've looked at the cordless phone and wondered if you could tweak
it over to a ham band.
>
>   You've automatically tuned into the RACES or ARES freq. during a
storm rather than the Nat. Weather Service.
>
>   You factor in a few extra hours on a business trip so you can visit a
ham  radio retail establishment.
>
>   You ever fell off a ladder while putting up an antenna.
>
>   You ever put up an antenna in a snow storm.
>
>   You ever had to patch your roof after an antenna project
>
>   Your teenager thinks all your friends are weird.
>
>   You have many other interests, but over the years keep ham radio as a
core activity.
>
>   And, you might be a HAM if...............
>
>   You can add at least five other items to this list!
>

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