Ham Radio News of the Funny Variety
PORT O’ SMITHSON, ALABAMA — Hoping to fill a ham radio void, the Marshy Plains Amateur Radio Club of Mid-Alabama (MPARCMA) has announced a new on-air operating event. In response to the popular NRRL National Pizza Ovens On the Air (which concluded last year) MPARCMA has unveiled plans for “Literally Anything On the Air.” “It’s a no-holds-barred, smoke’em if you […]
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NEWINGSTEAD, VT – Newly inaugurated President Trump wasted no time reaching out to members of the amateur radio community. On Monday, President Trump was the keynote speaker at a banquet co-sponsored by radio equipment manufacturer Peanut Whistle Transmitters Inc. and the National Radio Retransmission Legion (NRRL). Trump was a surprise late addition to the speaker lineup for the annual two-day […]
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By K5KVN, on the scene NEWINGSTEAD, VT – The National Radio Retransmission Legion (NRRL) will release next week an updated version of its popular “Ham Radio Operator’s Manual of Operating.” This edition will be a departure from its usually highly technical subject matter. Instead, the NRRL says the authors decided to “get back to the basics.” “We need to stop being overly […]
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By K5KVN, on the scene NEWINGSTEAD, VT — Recently uncovered documents from a National Radio Retransmission Legion (NRRL) meeting in 2015 show discord over what kind of on-air event the group should sponsor in 2016. The records show a bewildered discussion about what, precisely, should be activated. Ham Hijinks obtained the meeting records though an anonymous source who wasn’t authorized […]
Read more By K5OY, on the scene MENDELTON, NEVADA — In a shocking turn of events, the record-setting National Pizza Ovens On The Air (NPOOTA) operation of Titus “Slim” Magnusson has been declared ineligible. This according to National Radio Retransmission Legion (NRRL) CEO Bob Gilligan. The ham radio world was giddy with excitement after Slim reported an almost incomprehensible 3,451 contacts, easily […]
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