Ham Radio News of the Funny Variety
GOLDEN SPIKE, MONTANA – Buttery biscuits were thrown and voices were raised in anger at last month’s meeting of the Gold Diggers Amateur Radio Club. According to witnesses, the proceedings turned tense after the Treasurer’s report as Club president Lou Rodden’s brother-in-law presented the monthly program. Visiting from Square Butte Township, Nebraska, Mike Yuness told the group he has developed […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a decision that most ham radio operators knew would eventually happen, The Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Baofeng radios with the built-in audible siren feature can no longer be sold in the U.S. Most of the handheld radios made by Baofeng come with a siren that can easily be activated at the touch of a […]
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POINT OF DESPAIR, Montana – Local police responded to a disturbance last Monday at the Golden Corral Restaurant, 421 E Commercial Street, downtown Portsmouth. A complainant tells officers during a meeting of the Gold Diggers Amateur Radio Club, club member Junior Brown got into a fistfight with former club president Lou Rodden. According to witnesses, Brown repeatedly turned off the […]
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By WBØRUR, On The Scene GOLDEN SPIKE, Montana – Members of the Gold Diggers Amateur Radio Club planned the trip details, collected box-tops and raised money for months to fund a visit to the National Ham Radio Memorial on the mall in Washington, D.C. Traveling via Greyhound charter to the nation’s capitol was the brain child of club member Junior […]
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GOLDEN SPIKE, Montana – A group of northern Montana amateur radio operators is disbanding their ham radio club after their worst Field Day showing in 27 years. The road to this year’s Field Day was paved with potholes for the Gold Diggers Amateur Radio Club, as members endured heated confrontations, flying yeast rolls, overturned tureens of vegetable soup and ejection […]
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