Ham Radio Trivia, Tidbits, and Humor
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The boom years for Hallicrafters were from 1945 to 1963 during which the company produced communications receivers considered by many to be superbly designed. Prior to that, Hallicrafters manufactured transmitters and receivers for the wartime effort and received several Army-Navy "E" awards for the equipment performance and overall quality. For example, a 1942 advertisement for Hallicrafters S-20R receiver was depicted as being "bombproof."
Photos of the receiver can be viewed at www.qsl.net/k8blo/hallicrafters.html
Hallicrafters founder William J. Halligan, W9AC always supported the amateur radio hobby and during the holidays wearing his Santa hat could be seen doing what he loved to do most, spreading goodwill afar with his radio equipment.
He was often quoted as saying "man's desire to communicate still offers our best opportunity to achieve peace on earth and goodwill towards all mankind."
73,
Tom, KE2ES
Photos of the receiver can be viewed at www.qsl.net/k8blo/hallicrafters.html
Hallicrafters founder William J. Halligan, W9AC always supported the amateur radio hobby and during the holidays wearing his Santa hat could be seen doing what he loved to do most, spreading goodwill afar with his radio equipment.
He was often quoted as saying "man's desire to communicate still offers our best opportunity to achieve peace on earth and goodwill towards all mankind."
73,
Tom, KE2ES
Hi Everyone,
I thought most of you might enjoy hearing what it's like on the other end of the pileup. I have 3 files, a small cw pileup, typical cw pileup, and typical ssb pileup. Note that the QSO rates for cw with a good run will be 150-200 QSOs per hour, and up to 350 per hour on SSB. Just 2 nights on 20m SSB netted almost 800 QSOs, for instance. Note that although the dx operator tries their best to copy, many stations keep on calling over top making it very difficult on both SSB and CW to copy through the mess.
73 and enjoy,
Darrell AB2E (V26E for the past week)
I thought most of you might enjoy hearing what it's like on the other end of the pileup. I have 3 files, a small cw pileup, typical cw pileup, and typical ssb pileup. Note that the QSO rates for cw with a good run will be 150-200 QSOs per hour, and up to 350 per hour on SSB. Just 2 nights on 20m SSB netted almost 800 QSOs, for instance. Note that although the dx operator tries their best to copy, many stations keep on calling over top making it very difficult on both SSB and CW to copy through the mess.
73 and enjoy,
Darrell AB2E (V26E for the past week)
How about a little humor???
By Bill Szkromiuk, W4WCS
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A HAM OPERATOR IF:
· You buy electrical black tape in ten packs.
· You've stripped wire with your teeth.
· You've told your son that, "One day, all this will be yours", and he doesn't respond.
· You'd rather help a buddy put up a new tower than mow the lawn.
· You've grabbed the wrong end of a soldering iron.
· You start giving out RST reports when you are on the telephone.
· The propagation forecast means far more to you than the local weather forecast.
· The microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work and you rush up to the front to fix it.
· You tell the XYL, when she notices a new rig in the shack, “Why that has been there for years”.
· Your watch is set only to UTC.
· At night, when you pray, it starts off something like: CQ CQ CQ GOD DE (your callsign).
· You ever had to patch your roof after an antenna project.
· Ham radio magazines comprise more than 50% of your bathroom library.
· You ever put a GPS tracker in the XYL's car, just so you could watch her on APRS.
· You and the XYL took a cruise so you could visit the radio room.
· You ever tapped out HI in Morse on your car horn to another ham.
· You ever had an antenna fall down.
· Your teenager refuses to ride in your car because it looks like a porcupine.
· You know the Latitude and Longitude of your home QTH.
· You go into the local Radio Shack store and the clerk asks you where something is.
Courtesy of: Ron Fields, W5WWW
By Bill Szkromiuk, W4WCS
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A HAM OPERATOR IF:
· You buy electrical black tape in ten packs.
· You've stripped wire with your teeth.
· You've told your son that, "One day, all this will be yours", and he doesn't respond.
· You'd rather help a buddy put up a new tower than mow the lawn.
· You've grabbed the wrong end of a soldering iron.
· You start giving out RST reports when you are on the telephone.
· The propagation forecast means far more to you than the local weather forecast.
· The microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work and you rush up to the front to fix it.
· You tell the XYL, when she notices a new rig in the shack, “Why that has been there for years”.
· Your watch is set only to UTC.
· At night, when you pray, it starts off something like: CQ CQ CQ GOD DE (your callsign).
· You ever had to patch your roof after an antenna project.
· Ham radio magazines comprise more than 50% of your bathroom library.
· You ever put a GPS tracker in the XYL's car, just so you could watch her on APRS.
· You and the XYL took a cruise so you could visit the radio room.
· You ever tapped out HI in Morse on your car horn to another ham.
· You ever had an antenna fall down.
· Your teenager refuses to ride in your car because it looks like a porcupine.
· You know the Latitude and Longitude of your home QTH.
· You go into the local Radio Shack store and the clerk asks you where something is.
Courtesy of: Ron Fields, W5WWW