Ham Radio News of the Funny Variety
By K5PO, on the scene LONELY OAKS, Texas – After seeing the flood of #hamentine tweets on his Twitter feed for Valentine’s Day, Lonely Oaks ham radio operator and Sr. Web Developer Bobby Grindle had a grand idea to solve a common problem of single operators on the prowl: Finding that special YL! Grindle’s team of crack coders/hams sprung into […]
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By WBØRUR, on the scene PETALUMA, Calif. — A local amateur radio operator is excited and “mad as heck” that a radio which had been non-functional for six weeks is now working perfectly with no apparent issues. “I don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth,” says Tom Jeffries, a ham radio operator since 1957. “I like to […]
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By WB0RUR, on the scene YPSILANTI, Mich. — In what’s being hailed as a shrewd yet questionable move prior to Spring DX contest season, a Ypsilanti ham has declared his home QTH as a new DXCC entity. Gunter Geisel of Upper Flogdon County says he will operate from “Gunterlandia” using call sign of GNN0LA. Gunterlandia includes Mr. Geisel’s front and […]
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By K5KVN, on the scene. NEWINGTON, Conn. — When engineers with the ARRL’s Logbook of the World (LOTW) system noticed abnormally high server rates, one thing stood out. It was clear from upload records that one particular ham radio operator was making a lot of contacts. “The system began repeatedly overloading one afternoon. I heard the first alarm and then […]
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By K5PO, on the scene NEW ORLEANS, La. – Details are beginning to emerge as to the cause of the 2013 Super Bowl power outage. The New Orleans Police Department issued the following statement at 4:15 p.m. local time: “We have evidence that indicates the stadium’s master electrical control unit suffered radio frequency-based damage early in the 3rd quarter, causing […]
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