This really is good, John!
Thanks for sharing!
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Jacques" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 4:10 PM
Subject: Fw: You might be (and probably are) an Amateur Radio operator, if:
This is great! GRIN!
73:
J.
John Jacques
Amateur Radio Station: KD8PC
"Where Cat Is, Is Civilization!"
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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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