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From:
Matthew Chao <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:20:03 -0500
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Hello.  Got more than a few chuckles out of this one.--Matt, N1IBB.

At 04:10 PM 3/2/2011, you wrote:
>         This is great!  GRIN!
>
>73:
>J.
>John Jacques
>Amateur Radio Station: KD8PC
>"Where Cat Is,  Is Civilization!"
>
>--------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: M and L Dorn <[log in to unmask]>
>To: (Recipient list suppressed)
>Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:28:19 -0800
>Subject: You might be (and probably are) an Amateur Radio operator, if:
>Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> >
> >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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