Ham Radio News of the Funny Variety
By K5KVN, on the scene WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a bold move to attract youth to the aging ham radio hobby, the FCC has announced a new license class tailored specifically to young people. Unfortunately, it means some old-timers must turn in their current callsign. Soon, callsigns with suffixes that match any of the most popular internet slang and texting […]
Read more
By WBØRUR, on the scene PARSIPPANY, Pennsylvania — Rutherford County “ham radio” operator Thomas Von Funcktoven has served as net control station of the “Arizona AU-1 Transmitter Collector’s Net” since February of 1984. To date, he’s had no check-ins. Not a single one. “We meet every other Saturday at 1300GMT on 14.287 MHz,” says the retired chicken farmer, stretching out […]
Read more
By WBØRUR, on the scene TEMECULAH, California – The Federal Communications Commission today formalized a program to assist amateur radio operators in achieving better operating practices. The “UP Monitor” program will pair each DX radio operator working “split frequency” with one official representative of the U.S. federal government. The representative’s duties are to constantly monitor the DX station’s transmit frequency. […]
Read more
By WBØRUR, on the scene JOHNSON, Montana – A local ham radio operator says he had a “terrible and horrific” Field Day this year, all due to his lack of planning. Dick Longfellow, a ham radio operator since 1963, says it’s not the emergency preparedness training or the radio operating which excites him. “I go for the food. And […]
Read more
BEEDEVILLE, Md. — Morse, the family cat at the Muester household, is now fending for himself outdoors. The cat was given its name after Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code, an antique mode of communication sometimes used by amateur “ham” radio operators. “Morse [the cat] has been fascinated with my radio gear since he was a kitten. He would […]
Read more