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Ham Radio
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:34 pm
by bndgkmf
I just got licensed through my hospital. I'm on the decontamination/disaster team. They thought it would be a good idea.
Kilo Foxtrot 5 Juliet Uniform Tango
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:38 pm
by DerGolgo
So, I guess it's a spin-off of Bacon TV, right?
Also, congrats!
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:12 pm
by motorpsycho67
Oscar Oscar Tango Mike India Kilo, over!
Sounds like fun.
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:06 pm
by Sisyphus
We used to talk to guys sometimes on the SSB just for fun. We'd be in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and talking to some guy in Kansas or something.
Cool stuff.
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:29 am
by roadmissile
Congrats! Technician class I presume?
My old and long lapsed call sign was November Zero Uniform Delta Lima, got it as a kid. I let it lapse when I got older and there was more stuff to do, well, that and the cell phone came into fashion (a repeater with a phone patch rocked back in the day). But then again I can still happily tell you the length of the average sunspot cycle
Wow, just found it on the web, I guess I got my license on Sept 15, '92. I was twelve
/RM
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:32 am
by guitargeek
COME IN, TOKYO!
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:07 am
by bndgkmf
guitargeek wrote:COME IN, TOKYO!
TUNE in Tokyo
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:52 pm
by motorpsycho67
bndgkmf wrote:guitargeek wrote:COME IN, TOKYO!
TUNE in Tokyo
Best kinda knob twiddling there is!
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:41 pm
by SidVicious
congratulations! I am an extra class, myself.
kilo charlie zero victor foxtrot charlie
now go join a club. :p
Ham Radio
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:21 pm
by Maccs
da used to be whiskey (quatro) delta papa romeo.
He's gone now.
Me, I just liked to listen to the intergalactic static on his Hallicrafters.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:20 pm
by Beemer Dan
I picked up one of these for $20 many years ago, still one of my favorite pieces of art in the house:
http://www.ohio.edu/people/postr/bapix/SX42.htm
I haven't used it for anything other that industrial sculpture, one of these days I'll give it a go.
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:47 am
by UndertheGun
As a kid my grandfather tried for a while to get me to get my license. From the age of eight to about 12 I could get by with morse code messages. I'm bummed I didn't keep at it.
In memory of my grandfather I have his call sign (Kilo seven Delta Echo Oscar) tattooed on my arm in code. The 100 ft aerial he put up by himself is still up behind my grandparents old house. I sometimes I daydream about putting it to use again but chances are that won't happen.
Bndgkmf, have fun meeting new friends around the globe!
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:12 am
by ninemileskid
Ham radios made for great recreation back in my younger years. My neighbor had a radio; we would climb his antenna to the roof of his house. From there we would jump into his pool.
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:13 pm
by motorpsycho67
