Ham Radio News of the Funny Variety
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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By WBØRUR, on the scene NEWINGSTEAD, Vt. — In a last minute decision designed to encourage a wider variety of amateur radio operating styles and practices, the National Radio Retransmission Legion (NRRL) has announced a new set of “multipliers and bonuses” for Field Day. “We believe these increased scoring opportunities will allow a wider and more diverse group of operators […]
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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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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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