Ham Radio News of the Funny Variety
By WBØRUR, on the scene KIEV, Ukraine – Members of the local ham radio club have found themselves in a bit of a маринувати (i.e., pickle) over the food to offer at the group’s upcoming шинка свято (hamfest), concession booth. YL ham operator Olga Floyzinski insists on studenetz – aspic made with fish (zalyvne) – or meat (kholodets). But after […]
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By WBØRUR, on the scene WASHINGTON, District of Columbia – As news headlines across the country report on the National Security Administration’s controversial cellular telephone and email data collection efforts, the United States’ top high frequency monitoring service is disbanding a little-known program designed to listen in and record data related to ham radio QSOs. In a classified filing sent […]
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GOLDEN SPIKE, Montana – For the second time in two weeks, the Gold Diggers Amateur Radio Club meeting has been interrupted by short tempers and flying baked goods. Two weeks ago, the group was banned from their regular meeting place (the Sizzler) for causing a public ruckus and spilling a pot of vegetable soup on an elderly woman [Read the […]
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By WBØRUR, on the scene DONCHESTERVILLE, Ohio – A Buckeye state ham radio operator has earned world-wide recognition…and did it accidentally. Calvin Smithpeters, a General-class licensee, has been an amateur radio operator for 25 years. He says he received a phone call a few days ago notifying him that he’d earned a spot in the upcoming 2014 version of the […]
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By WBØRUR, on the scene WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a move that will have far reaching impact, the United States is mandating that radio manufacturers selling equipment within the country change all measurements to United States standards. The Office of Technical Measurements – located in an obscure, non-descript building adjacent to the National Sheep Shearer’s monument in Washington, D.C. – […]
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