Ham Radio News of the Funny Variety
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — A local internet application developer was recently surprised by an automatic deposit in his PayPal account. “I couldn’t explain the $1.25. My wife started asking questions about where the money was coming from,” said Payton Henning. “Ultimately, I linked it back to some amateur radio software I’d made in 2003. A ham had actually bought a […]
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NEWINGSTEAD, VT – The National Radio Retransmission Legion (NRRL) is launching a new program designed to encourage young people to enter the ham radio hobby. “We’ve got to capture the imaginations of these young people – who have grown up with technology like smartphones and tablets – and get’em hooked on ham radio,” says NRRL interim CEO Larry Kelley.* Thanks […]
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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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By WBØRUR, on the scene HORSESHOE LAKE, WISCONSIN – The monthly meeting of the Radio Badgers Amateur Radio Club took a sour turn last night as a new member began describing his unusual operating practices. Pausing a moment from their buffet of crumb cake and finger sandwiches, members looked on as Gianni Balboa (of 194 Billabong Lane) began explaining that […]
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OMAHA, NEBRASKA — A local ham radio operator is feeling euphoric after making his point in an online forum in a very strong way. “I got through to them,” says Mike Yuness. He was browsing a popular amateur radio forum that focuses on radio frequency propagation through Earth’s magma when he saw a thread that he thought was “going off […]
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