[SOC] I just dont "get it ". . . .

[Quikhooligan via SOC]

On 12/29/2014 7:51 PM, John Raynsford wrote:
>  These days when I look at photographs
> of the typical ham stations, there's the usual
> pile of radios, maybe some test equipment
> on the side, a computer, mics and keys.
>  But there's often a stuffed animal
> sitting on top a radio, or even some kind
> of plastic action figure.
> 
>  *What's with this "toy" thing ?*
> 
> I don't get it ...
> 
> AL7JK, John

Those are prizes won in the latest ham radio operating contests.