Ten Undeniable Ham Truths
William Reuter (AE0BR)
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I know these have been here before, but it is fun to revisit them. I can relate to 9 out of 10!
1. That antenna is only temporary . . .
2. "If my wife ever finds out what this stuff cost, I'm a dead man...."
3. The worthless stuff thrown away today shows up on eBay tomorrow.
4. If you can't sneak it in through the basement window, bring it in through the front door wrapped in a fur coat.
5. You have absolutely no trouble finding your car in a crowded parking lot. (Unless you're at a Hamfest.)
6. One of your antennas or piece of gear that you seldom ever if at all use develops a problem, now all of a sudden you must get it fixed as if you use it daily.
7. The XYL will ALWAYS need help with something DURING a QSO, never before or after the QSO.
8. During tornado watches and warnings, we are more concerned about our antennas coming down than we are about our house being blown up.
9. Computer Nerds think that Hams are the real weirdo's.
10. "Christmas" and or "birthday" come about 15 times per year (or whenever an unbudgeted radio purchase comes up). Technically, I shouldn't be getting any more "presents" for the next 10 years!
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by NS6Y_ on February 28, 2005
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1,6,9,10 here.
So far I don't have any antennas on my car, I like being really incognito, but I think I do see an NMO mount in my future......
No spouse to sneak stuff past, you should see this place!! The equipment has a nice place to sit on, 3 frequency counters just flip the switch they're plugged in and ready to go, likewise freq/func gens, 2 soldering stations (used both the weller and the metcal today I'm not preferential) craftsman toolbox with all the drawers full and not a tool out of place, meanwhile I sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor.
I'm not kidding.
At least I bathe!
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by N0IU on February 28, 2005
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11. It is easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.
NØIU
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by W7WV on February 28, 2005
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TNX, I was running out of excuses.
Now I have more to use.
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by N4HRA on February 28, 2005
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My YL supports both my computers and Ham radio.
She picked out my last computer a top of the line PowerSpec from Microcenter, If I need something for ham radio if we have the extra money she tells me to go get it.
Plus she gives me $200.00 a month to use as I feel fit.
I do love her
PS:
Real woman do not have hot flashes they have power surges
Lew
N4HRA
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by K1CJS on February 28, 2005
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Only have agreement with 1, 5, 6 and 8 here. Don't have anyone I need to sneak stuff past, but at least I still have the room to sleep on my bed.
As far as being given money, when I was married the household budget was done by both of us--we each got part of whatever extra there was after the bills were paid to do with what we wanted, and if one needed a little extra, the other usually gave it to her!! ;-)
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by N5IVZ on February 28, 2005
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just read the "truths" to my xyl !! we both laughed..she thought i wrote it..
73, well done,
fred n5ivz, mcallen, texas
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by KE6OUD on February 28, 2005
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I'm still laughing at the "Real women don't have hot flashes, they have power surges"
I'm gonna have fun with that one for a long time, 73 & thanks for the Monday morning laugh!
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by KB2FCV on February 28, 2005
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Lets see.. the following apply to me:
1, 2, 5, 6, 7!!!, and 10
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by N8AUC on February 28, 2005
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Wow, I think I hit the jackpot! 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, AND 9!
Since my XYL is also a ham, acquiring equipment isn't much of a big deal.
But for #9, there's a reason for that. Hams were the original "geeks". I think that computer-only geeks must be a bit jealous. Of course, if you're into ham radio, and you're also a computer geek, then you earn the prestigious title of "uber-geek".
Love that tag line, about the hot flashes/power surge! I'm gonna get some mileage out of that one!
73 de N8AUC
Eric
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by K4JF on February 28, 2005
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#5 doesn't apply to me, only because all the *^%$% SUVs are taller than my Firebird AND its antennas!
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by N3ZKP on February 28, 2005
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<< 2. "If my wife ever finds out what this stuff cost, I'm a dead man...." >>
Who earned the money in the first place? If the house-related bills are paid, there's food in the house and gas in the car and you aren't going into debt to buy the stuff, then the wife's opinion is irrelevant.
<< 4. If you can't sneak it in through the basement window, bring it in through the front door wrapped in a fur coat. >>
See Above.
Too many men (and women) have the idea that marriage is all about what the wife wants and needs and the man of the house, who is probably paying all the bills anyway, is at the bottom of the heap.
Lon
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by N3ZKP on February 28, 2005
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<< 5. You have absolutely no trouble finding your car in a crowded parking lot. >>
Absolutely. My wife's only complaint is I won't put a big orange ball on the top of the High Sierra whip to make it even easier for her to find!
Love that woman!
Lon
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by WA2JJH on February 28, 2005
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I got to get this on ebay....so I can sell it for a huge profit! I have 1/4 room of stuff like that.
It is far easier to buy then to sell!!!!!
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by N0IU on February 28, 2005
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Lon N3ZKP,
How's single life treating you these days?
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by K0BG on February 28, 2005
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You left out a couple.
"It cost how much?"
"What are you going to get me?"
Alan, KØBG
www.k0bg.com
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by KC8ZJD on February 28, 2005
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<<Too many men (and women) have the idea that marriage is all about what the wife wants and needs and the man of the house, who is probably paying all the bills anyway, is at the bottom of the heap.>>
Real men choose that route willingly. My family's needs (and most of their wants within reason) will always come before any radio or hobby in general. That's why it's a hobby.
My little girl didn't exactly NEED that latest and greatest toy, and it could have bought some nice stuff for me, but I wouldn't have traded that smile and kiss on the cheek for a roomful of IC-7800's and acres of antennas. And everytime my wife gets in that new car, and I know it's better, safer, and well-maintained, I feel a little easier about her being out on the roads.
It's all in Priorities, you act like we have some skewed view of reality. In all honesty, any man who DOESN'T put their family first, has the skewed view in my book.
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by N3ZKP on February 28, 2005
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N0UI:
<< How's single life treating you these days? >>
It's not. I've been happily married to the same wonderful lady for 38 years!
We both know that marriage involves two people who work to make each other happy, not two people who work to make just one (the wife) happy. :)
I don't tell my wife what to buy or how much to spend on her hobbies and she doesn't control mine. The bills get paid first and the toys come second. She doesn't have any say-so in what I put in my vehicle and I don't have any in hers.
Lon
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by N3ZKP on February 28, 2005
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<< you act like we have some skewed view of reality. In all honesty, any man who DOESN'T put their family first, has the skewed view in my book. >>
I didn't say not to put the family first. I said that a marriage involved BOTH people's interests being cared for. Please don't put words where none were written.
My family DOES come first, before anything else, but that doesn't mean I go through life with my hat in my hand begging my wife for permission to buy something with the money I have earned and is left over after all the bills are paid.
Lon
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by WA2JJH on February 28, 2005
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Another Ham truth.
You will B&M(bitch-n-moan) about the cost of the new flagship rigs that cost ten grand.
a)You blew $3000-$18,000 on a Breitling or Rolex watch and are happy to brag about how much it costs!
b)You gladly would pay $10 for a pack of smokes, if your a two pack a day smoker!
c)If that rig was a fairly current Harris or Racal, you would not complain spending $3000 for a 1446u or a 20W field HF mil rig.
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by N6AJR on February 28, 2005
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got rid of the wife, the kid and the dog, I come and go as I please and buy what I want, when I want.. but I am running out of room to store this crap.....:)
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by K1CJS on February 28, 2005
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KC8ZJD, The needs of the family always come first, agreed. The wants of the family come first too, but you are a member of the family, aren't you? Your position may be noble and selfless, but if your mate doesn't see that and realize that you also have wants (I know you did not say that, one way or the other) and give in to your wants sometimes, (she may do just that, you didn't say) she isn't being much of a partner. After all, marriage should be a fifty-fifty affair, shouldn't it?
N3ZKP, I applaud you, I think you have it just right.
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by N0TONE on February 28, 2005
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I leanred many years ago that having stuff isn't the point - it's using stuff. There's very little in my shack that I don't use every time I am on the air. Anything else is a waste.
Therefore, of the list of ten items, I identified with:
#1 - Yep, all my antennas start life temporary. Most of the time they get altered to improve ruggedness once they've proven their worth.
#5 is true even without antennas. I simply refuse to drive ordinary vehicles.
#9 - heck, my neighbors think I'm weird because I'm into computers at my age, never mind the ham radio.
Myself and my wife have both learned that there is great value in reducing the annual amount required to maintain our chosen entertainment pursuits.
AM
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by NG1I on February 28, 2005
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Remember......
....you may have to sleep on the couch........but you do so as winner!
NG1I
Frank
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by ARRLBOOSTER on February 28, 2005
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Good Post Lew. You just sound proud as a Peacock- good for you!! Actually, your wife gives me an allowance too:)
Ric
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by WA6BFH on February 28, 2005
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It’s interesting, I tend to be more worried about what my neighbors think, rather than what my girlfriend thinks. It’s a variant on what the guy said about ‘his neighbors thinking he was weird because he was into computers.’ Well, I have four 1) a 2.8 GHz Athlon machine, a 100 MHz Pentium machine, a 12 MHz 80286 machine, and 4 MHz 6500 Rockwell. My neighbors know or care about none of them. They do care about those big weird antennas though! Oh, and the radios and main computer live in the den. That’s almost the furthest room away from the bedroom!
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by WX4O on February 28, 2005
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Glad I ain't the only one! Now I don't feel so guilty.
The XYL and the dog are gone, and I'm in a shopping mood!
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by WA2JJH on February 28, 2005
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#9 cuts both ways!
You may have used or been tempted to strip insulation off of wire with your teeth.
You check 9V batts. with your tongue. Fact is your within 10% of what a voltmeter would read.
When you were a newbie, you thaught the radio you got from the hamfest for a great price would work. After all, the ham that sold it to you said......"It worked the last time I used it!"
You have or had at least one piece of MFJ equipment in the hope you would save money. Milage on this sniglet varies greatly.
You think if only I could buy that new rig, your life will be full!
You think using mil. equipment is either nerdy, cool, you have the best specs, or your a wanna be spook.
If your into QRP, you think those hams with the $4000 amplifiers are power hungry slobs.
If your into legal limit amps, you think QRP hams are a bunch of tree hugging, green peace tee shirt wearing
liberals!
You always look at roofs for antenna's. Notice how many cell antenna's you see.
You dread portosans more than most people.
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by N2WEC on February 28, 2005
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You have no trouble sneaking in Ham gear if the YL is into computers and you first buy her a techie toy!
TRUTH!
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by N3MVF on February 28, 2005
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#11...You hide and read the HRO or AES catalog as if it were a Penthouse.
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RE: I'm single so I have none of those problems.
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by WA6BFH on February 28, 2005
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N0OI's wife is probably looking for a change!
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RE: I'm single so I have none of those problems.
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by WA6BFH on February 28, 2005
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Oooops, I meant N0IU! Now I MAY have two hams that hate me!
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by N4VOX on February 28, 2005
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FCC rule 97.109 requries that a minimum of 10% of the residence must be available for a radio shack.
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by N1GXC on February 28, 2005
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"OK so is this really the last thing you need to complete your ham radio station?" ..."Yes dear".
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by KB3LYB on February 28, 2005
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Let's see, from where I sit what do I see
TiCK4 Keyer I just built
SWR Meter
No-name power supply
VX-150
VX-180
T-Kit 1054 and 1056 (80 meters)
Tuna Tin I built and cannot test until I upgrade the ticket
IC-2100
The Powerbook I am typing on
Sun Ultra1
Sun Netra T1 (rackmount)
IBM RS-6000 (P43)
SGI O2
Linksys Gigbit ethernet switch
I think it is time to admit I have a geek problem :)
I'm moving in with my girlfriend this summer, I imagine that will take some getting used to on both our parts.
KB3LYB Mark
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by N1LEU on March 1, 2005
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Greetings,
#1,5,6,7 apply to me, It seems that an antenna that is giving me problems is suddenly necessary equiptment. And its true! she always wants something when I an on the air.,Yes with 4 antenna I can always find my car when at Wal-Mart or Stop & Shop.
Dave N1LEU
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by VE3HBB on March 1, 2005
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Hi,
I recently ordered 30' of ladder line. She said "Wadda it cost!!!" Ladder line - sheesh!
de 73 VE3HBB, Charles in London
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by N0FP on March 1, 2005
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Scanning the list of 10, I find that one notion escapes the list. Every purchase of >$25 usually results in a query...
"So exactly what does THIS gizmo do that the 4 you already own don't?"
And how about this query...
"So who can you talk to with this that you cannot talk to with your current setup?"
On another note, "Power Surges" can be very detrimental to your ham equipment...
Ford-N0FP
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by W9DEW on March 1, 2005
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#1 This is derived from the Law of Antennas: All temporary antennas tend to become permanent. All PERMANENT antennas tend to become temporary.
Don, W9DEW
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by WB5FNW on March 1, 2005
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Rule No. 15:
The Budget - for a rig, beam, etc. - is 30 per cent short of what it actually costs.
So you stick the rest on a Credit Card!
Ya gotta keep those Credit Card Companies happy...
Dick, WB5FNW
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by KA0SOG on March 1, 2005
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I like the Tornado one; but would add being more worried that you will loose a wire antenna than miss a day's pay because of the ice storm. Of course I just lived that a few weeks ago.
As far as the YL goes... have the same one I started with 32 years ago. She likes spending money decorating the house and I like spending money decorating the basement! Works out just fine until we have to work through whose turn it is.
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by NS6Y_ on March 1, 2005
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I suggest if any of us singles get paired up, move to a bigger place if necessary and have "radio" and "non-radio" spaces, no one normal can be expected to be comfortable in our geeked-out shop/shack/laboratory spaces, and if we get lucky and find another radio-obsessed weirdo, we might need 2 shacks anyway!
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by WB9NJB on March 1, 2005
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If nothing else, you can tell who is married, and who can't get the hang of it.
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by KC5CQD on March 1, 2005
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Wife number one thought that Ham Radio(or anything else I did) was stupid and a waste of time and money. Wife number two actually got a ham license but since she just laid about the home looking to be supported, I was always too damned broke to enjoy the hobby. Wife number three? hihi! Her father was an avid cb'er back in the 70's. She's well acquainted with radio and think's it's cool! I almost fainted whenever we were out on one of our first dates and she started telling me about her dad's MoonRaker 6 and D104 mic!! What a doll. AND.....she makes more money than I do. She even bought me an FT-847 for my birthday. I think I'll keep this one.
KC5CQD
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by KC8VWM on March 1, 2005
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I think she is starting to get suspicious...
She started asking me questions like - "Charles, why would you want to drive an empty Uhaul truck to Dayton this year, when our family vehicle has been running running just perfectly fine?"
I might have to change my plans before she finds out about my ulterior motives.
I might have to call and get a shipping quote from Overnight Express to haul back my flea market goodies using one of their 53 footers instead.
Here's a question for the Elmers. Is it possible to setup a second ham shack at a storage unit?
73 Charles - (callsign withheld until further notice)
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by K1CJS on March 1, 2005
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Charles--
Why don't you just build a two car 'garage', then have both overhead doors 'break down'. Then you could set up a 'repair table' to fix the doors and a couple of other tables to put your stuff on. "But honey, I am working on the doors, it'll just take -time-!" ;-)
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by N0IU on March 1, 2005
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Dear Anonymous Charles,
Of course it is possible to set up a shack in a storage unit. Just be sure to leave enough room for a cot (or maybe a comfy futon) and a mini fridge. One of those porta-potty things like the ones used in RVs might also come in helpful.
Via con Dios!
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by KB7LYM on March 1, 2005
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I can relate to those. However there are a few more..
CW 1 I can't learn the code because I am deaf
2 I tried learning the flashes but my eyesight is
very bad.
3 I can do it ...but my hands are not like
they use to be.
4 I have eye and ear problem
5 I used to know how but forgot 99%
6 The doctor said... to much stretch
7 I am a Hungarian emigrant and don't speak
the language.
8 I am a Arab and they forbid me to send my
soul on the air
9 My brother knew how to do 125 wpm. He is now in
a mental institute.
10 My wife bought a gun and I wonder why ?
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by LU1HQV on March 1, 2005
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1 to 10 for here..
help! I run out excuses!!!.. and I want a icom 7800!!!
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by K8MHZ on March 1, 2005
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<Plus she gives me $200.00 a month to use as I feel fit.>
Lew,
Shouldn't that read "She gives me back $200.00 a month to use as I feel fit." ???
73,
K8MHZ
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by LNXAUTHOR on March 2, 2005
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a Prada purse or a Yaesu FT-897? you pick...
one each of Laura Mercier, Nars, or Chanticaille 1/4 oz. eye shadow colors or three VX-150s? you pick...
one Eileen Fisher sweater or a new Kenwood TH-D7A(G)? you pick...
a 2 carat solitaire duchess cut pendant or a Ten Tec Orion? you pick...
all in all, i'd say things are equal!
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by N3ZKP on March 2, 2005
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Charles:
<< "Charles, why would you want to drive an empty Uhaul truck to Dayton this year, when our family vehicle has been running running just perfectly fine?" >>
Even MY wife would raise her eyebrows at that! :)
Lon
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by N3ZKP on March 2, 2005
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<< Shouldn't that read "She gives me back $200.00 a month to use as I feel fit." ??? >>
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Lon
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by NS6Y_ on March 2, 2005
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#11 - You think Kester solder with the #44 rosin smells good, like a Christmas tree!
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by KE8YY on March 2, 2005
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I'm reminded of this overheard conversation:
"...and then she told me either all that radio equipment had to go, or she would. Over."
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by KE5CMU on March 2, 2005
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I had to explain why I needed the old HTX-202 that I picked up for $50. Geeze :(
Paul
P.S. Thank God I live in hurricane country. The first time I use my equipment to save out butts will be the last time I hear any QRM about my radio purchases. It will also help me pick up a real fine generator.
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by N3ZKP on March 2, 2005
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<< Wife number one thought that Ham Radio(or anything else I did) was stupid and a waste of time and money.>>
Reminds me of the ham who went to pick up his almost-fiance` and when she looked at the car with several antennas on it she said, "do I really have to ride in this thing?" To which the young man replied, "No!", and drove off, leaving her standing on the curb.
Lon
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by W3DCG on March 2, 2005
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"1. That antenna is only temporary . . ."
Pretty much holds true for me.
I suspect, it always will.
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by WA9SVD on March 2, 2005
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#1 IS an oxymoron, thanks to Edsel Murphy. Temporary antennas usually last 30+ years; the permanent ones either fall or otherwise need to be repaired or replaced within a year...
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by LNXAUTHOR on March 2, 2005
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KE5CMU wrote:
> P.S. Thank God I live in hurricane country. The first
> time I use my equipment to save out butts will be the
> last time I hear any QRM about my radio purchases. It
> will also help me pick up a real fine generator.
yep, while moving down here to Pineapple Junction, Fla. and going through Alex, Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne last Aug/Sept, the XYL is quite supportive of emergency power and communications!
she really likes gel cells, 'cause they can run small fans!
thanks, Mother Nature, for supporting my ham radio habit!
:-)
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by KC5CQD on March 2, 2005
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****<< Wife number one thought that Ham Radio(or anything else I did) was stupid and a waste of time and money.>>
Reminds me of the ham who went to pick up his almost-fiance` and when she looked at the car with several antennas on it she said, "do I really have to ride in this thing?" To which the young man replied, "No!", and drove off, leaving her standing on the curb.
Lon****
Yeah. Took me a few years but I eventually left her sorry butt standing on the curb. God help the poor bastard that next hooked up with her. I promise you, he isn't on the ham bands! Probably sitting at her feet with his leash firmly in her hand. hahahaha!!
KC5CQD
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by NS6Y_ on March 2, 2005
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#256: You don't have a TV but do have many radios, and think it's really funny to refer to TV watching as "Monitoring the Dope Scope".
PS - it is!
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by K4JF on March 2, 2005
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I was indeed fortunate, I believe from reading all these posts. My wife of 39 years (who has been gone 4 years now) was always supportive of my radios. She NEVER asked about a radio and was always helpful in locating a place in the house for the shack, even though her interest in it was nil. Of course I supported her hobbies, too. (I do miss her.)
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by KA4KOE on March 3, 2005
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My bride gave me a presentation Original Vibroplex on our first anniversary.
Shes a ham too, but uses it mainly on 2 meters.
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.
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by W6TH on March 3, 2005
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According to this: Ten Undeniable Ham Truths.
Now you tell me I married the wrong gal.
Gee, thanks a bunch.
.:
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by KC8VWM on March 3, 2005
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I dunno Philip, If Darla was a ham she would probobly just take over my equipment all the time..
Kinda like she does with the TV remote conrol now.
... and the car, and the furniture, and the drapes, and the.....
Charles - KC8VWM
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by WA2JJH on March 3, 2005
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Temporary antenna's should be thought of as possible radials for your next temporary vertical.
Besides, the cable miscreants do not know which antenna to cut. They never know when they meet our old friend......R F BURNS.
Besides Entropy will desolve the antenna in a few thousand years anyway!
You also have a bunch of wire that is too oxidized to use. Live and let live. The temp antenna is not bothering you is it!
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by WB7DCV on March 4, 2005
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What's the difference between a woman with PMS and a pit bulldog?
Answer: Lipstick
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by K4JF on March 4, 2005
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You forgot an old truth: If an antenna stays up over the winter, it is too small.
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by WA6BFH on March 4, 2005
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I have ready access to at least two rooms in my house, and sometimes others. I figure that since my girlfriend is usually happy enough in the other rooms, it works out pretty equitably.
I am thinking about that U-haul for next years Dayton. I still do pretty well hold sway in the garage as well!
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by TG9AKH on March 4, 2005
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Sad, it's all very sad.
Us! Us!! Us!!! Us spending this much time reading and writing lil' notes in the Internet.
Sad. Instead of using the ham bands.
Us! Us!! Us!!! Us spending this much time reading and writing lil' notes in the Internet.
Sad. This is exactly what's wrong with us these days
Sad. This is what's sad.
Us! Us!! Us!!! Us spending this much time reading and writing lil' notes in the Internet.
Sad. This is an undeniable ham truth.
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by WA6BFH on March 4, 2005
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I often remind my girlfriend that she should avoid being part of the downfall of Ham radio!
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by N2LWE on March 5, 2005
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I should win an Oscar for my performances. Everytime I want something new or used my wifes lack of knowledge in Amateur Radio comes in handy. Honey, this radio does this... this... and this... where my other radio doesn't. Or, how about this... Do you know what this thing normally costs? Its a steal, I have to get it cause I know I won't see it for this price again. Sound familiar?
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by K2JX on March 6, 2005
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Great post...I have no problem buying equipment for my hobby, and I don't ask what the xyl spends on hers. Her new car is hers, my new car and truck are mine. No antenna's on her's ever ! We've always shared our combined incomes and paid "our" bills first. After 30 years together we now have some "fun" money but we do remember the lean years when first starting out. Family first always !
WA2JJH, you hit the nail right on the head, the guy who will P&M at a Hamfest over the cost of new rig being $3000 or more, drove to the 'fest in a $35,000 imported SUV tugging a 35' foot camper behind it !
Huh ?
73, K2JX
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by N7KKR on March 7, 2005
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I love this kind of thread. Although it might be hard to relate to, I'll offer up a few "truths" I learned in YA/YI Land.
1. If you leave the battery cover open on your FT-817, it will take twice as long to clean as a M-60.
2. A Ventenna HFp IS NOT a durable substitute for a 50 CAL cleaning rod. Sorry Mark.
3. A HFp WILL help you reach down with your portable water purifier kit. Thanks Mark! Flavor seems the same whether its a 3-stripe or 1-stripe element.
4. You can only hang laundry out to the coils on a Buddipole with the standard whips. SWR will vary. Haven't had a chance to check out Budd's upgrades yet with the shock corded whips but figure extra laundry will turn it into a loop.
5. An EZ-Hang slingshot is useful in many more ways including getting the attention of your buddy a few foxholes over. We also ran paracord out with it to drag water between hidey-holes.
Although not ham related, but because inquiring minds want to know, a RPG will puree the first 7 cases of MREs, blend the next 5, and make the remaining 6 look like CSI Miami. Appreciate all the support we got from the hams back home. It's great to be back and officially retired from the badlands part of my life.
Warm regards and 73s, Kevin N7KKR
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by WA6CAQ on March 8, 2005
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When i was a Teen in the 60s my Bedroom was Full of Kewl Old Ham Gear that my Parents put up with . Now I am very lucky that my XYL came with Her own tool Box and is very understanding, fortunately. She even encourages me to put up what ever ugly tower ! May that be a lesson to you prosective Couples- its important your future Spouse understands just how important Amateur Radio is !!!
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by WA6CAQ on March 8, 2005
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When i was a Teen in the 60s my Bedroom was Full of Kewl Old Ham Gear that my Parents put up with . Now I am very lucky that my XYL came with Her own tool Box and is very understanding, fortunately. She even encourages me to put up what ever ugly tower ! May that be a lesson to you prospective Couples- its important your future Spouse understands just how important Amateur Radio is !!!
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by W2NJS on March 10, 2005
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Regarding No. 2, here's an old story that's still good:
Wife: "Oh, a new radio. How much did it cost?"
Ham: "It's a KWM-2 and it cost only $150.00!"
Wife: "That's nice."
Two weeks a visiting ham walks in and exclaims: "Wow, a
new KWM-2; $1,150.00!"
Wife (who is unfortunately within earshot): "WHAAAAATT?"
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by KU2US on March 12, 2005
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My wife calls my ham radio hobby "Wires"! No matter whats on my roof, its "wires", When Im in QSO, Im playing "wires", When Im reading QST, Im reading about "wires", When she sees me send out a QSL card, she thinks I am ordering more "wires", When Im talking to a ham buddy on the phone, Iam talking about "wires" using "wires"..She knows I like "wires" and respects that. I respect her watching 4 hours of "trading spaces" re-runs on TV everyday, so it equals out..I am a lucky guy, she just dont understand what "wires" are, and I cant stand watching "Girlie-men" decorate rooms. touche'...
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by N2UI on March 25, 2005
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To KE8YY
Amen brother, I dont run my outfit very well but I DO run it. haw Tom
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by AE6RO on April 22, 2006
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<"what is the difference between a woman with PMS and a pitbull?">
The woman's scarier.
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