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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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 JOHNSON’S LURCH, Oregon – In what’s being called a breakthrough in both RF engineering and culinary apparatus, a local ham radio operator has devised a way to enjoy his two favorite hobbies at once: ham radio AND eating. Dr. Ivan Schmeister, a retired mechanical engineer and part-time inventor, has adapted his Hy-Gain Ham-IV rotor to […]
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By K5KAC, on the scene MONROE, Georgia — Distressed after receiving their receipts at the quarterly club dinner, members of the Toad Hole Ham Radio Club decided to begin searching for a fifth member. Their aim: to take advantage of the “Group Discount” at the local Golden Corral. The search ended when Marion Gladstone inquired about requirements for membership into […]
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By WBØRUR, on the scene MOUNTAIN VIEW, KANSAS – In what’s being called a tremendous yet terribly confusing opportunity for amateur radio, a Kansas ham radio club is moving forward with plans for an April DXpedition to northern Korea. Members of the Great Windy Plains Radio Club are in the final preparation stage for their trip to northern Korea – […]
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