HAMs Head For The Hills

Oregon Magazine ^ | August 1, 2002 | KE7DC

[EBUCK]

Haven't seen code in 7 years!

Was expertly trained in Manual Morse (50 GPM!) by the Corps but it all looks like greek to me now. Ah I remember di-dah is alpha, everything else is diferent.

DIT DAH-DI-DI-DIT DI-DI-DAH DAH-DI-DAH-DIT DAH-DI-DAH

[goose1]

one dit to many in the number hi hi N2DCP 73.

[archy]

The term HAM may have come from one of the first call signs used or issued......This is what I heard and may be just speculation....

The term *Ham* used to derisively denote a rookie or ham-handed railway telegrapher dates back to at least the time of the US Civil War, and I was so designated by my three brasspounding teachers long before I ever developed the slightest interest in amateur radio. But I eventually could send and copy whole pages of data from The Official Railway Guide, North American Freight Service Edition at around 35 words per minute without error, and they quit calling me that.

But I *weally* wonder whence the ham wadio term *Elmer* is derived. Pwerhaps it's becwase the voices of so many operwattors sound wike Elmer Fudd....

73 de archy, N9TQT,

... --- 15:04 ...- -. -. -archy-.

[Chad Fairbanks]

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[NorthernRight]

Cool! A Freeper net call-up!

WaterDragon must be net control.

vy 73, de VA3ES

[Chemist_Geek]

TNX ES 73 DE KC8DQH

[Taxbilly]

It would all come back to you in short order.
73 es CUL

[Taxbilly]

I have a bug in my bug or just a bad fist. Hi

73 NA6W

[pops88]

There are 5 Ham's in our family, and 4 of us are women :)
KH7ZD

[JCG]

But I *weally* wonder whence the ham wadio term *Elmer* is derived. Pwerhaps it's becwase the voices of so many operwattors sound wike Elmer Fudd....

My "Elmer," now deceased, was Norris Bragg, W5LVC. He acquired cw proficiency during WWII in the radio shack of an air-sea rescue vessel of the USN.

Thanks for reminding me of him. What a great guy -- and ham -- he was!

73

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[Dakmar]

DIT DAH-DI-DI-DIT DI-DI-DAH DAH-DI-DAH-DIT DAH-DI-DAH

Taquita!

[WaterDragon]

I am so impressed! Didn't realize there were so many Freeper HAMs! I posted the article because I've always thought of the HAM radio operators as very special people!Sounds like such an interesting thing to do. And to boot, you all are kind of an not-well-known line of defense in the good ol' USA!

[Erasmus]

But I *weally* wonder whence the ham wadio term *Elmer* is derived. Pwerhaps it's becwase the voices of so many operwattors sound wike Elmer Fudd....

Well on sideband, maybe. No, wait, that's Donald Duck!

<+>---<)B^) DE K9UI

[Erasmus]

Here's your basic ace commando in operation at Field Day, in a universe long ago and far away <)B^).

Note the sodas and coffee fixins' in the background. Just like a web programmer's all nighter.

[Brownie74]

I have you beat by a year or two teletech. I was licensed in 1955 while I was still in high school. Later I was in communications in the Air Force and operated as SV0WT (SV Zero WT) from the island of Crete. I was rare DX back then running a Collin 75A4 receiver and a BC-610 transmitter. I ran a terminated rhombic for an antenna.

You can usually catch me on 40 meter CW about this time of the morning. I then move up to 7.224 LSB and chat with the gang there at about 6:30 AM CST.

I didn't do field day this year but I ran 20 and 40 meter CW the two years prior for the Arlington Amateur Radio Club.

Click on my screen name and check my profile page. I have a radio link or two there. 73 for now!!

[Brownie74]

We should start up a Free Republic emergency net on 20 and 40 meters. I was listening to the 7.290 traffic net yesterday and they are going to activate emergency communications from San Antonio down to Corpus Christie. They are expecting more rain in the hill country from tropical storm Bertha and they have to let water out of the Canyon Lake dam which is going to cause flooding downstream.

I've been licensed since 1955 and work mostly CW.

73 and adios from Big "D".

[teletech]

I have you beat by a year or two teletech. I was licensed in 1955 while I was still in high school. Later I was in communications in the Air Force and operated as SV0WT (SV Zero WT) from the island of Crete. I was rare DX back then running a Collin 75A4 receiver and a BC-610 transmitter. I ran a terminated rhombic for an antenna.

You can usually catch me on 40 meter CW about this time of the morning. I then move up to 7.224 LSB and chat with the gang there at about 6:30 AM CST.

I didn't do field day this year but I ran 20 and 40 meter CW the two years prior for the Arlington Amateur Radio Club.

Click on my screen name and check my profile page. I have a radio link or two there. 73 for now!!

Sounds like you too have had many years of enjoyment from Amateur Radio. I don't have an antenna up for 40 meters right now but I can operate 40 from my mobile.

I operated this past Field Day on 15 and 80 meter cw with a local radio club (W9CEQ) Fox River Relay Club.

My XYL is also licensed and she sometimes gets on 20 meter phone. My youngest son is also licensed and he does all of his operating from his mobile mostly on 20 meter phone. 73's

[teletech]

Looks like a VHF Field Day station, right? I recognize the Heathkit SWR bridge and that looks like either a "Sixer" or a "Twoer" transceiver to the left of the SWR bridge. I'd guess that is a homebrew VHF converter on top of either a National or a Collins Receiver. How close did I get?

[Myrddin]

73 de WA6SMN and KC6TPS (his and hers)

Active in RACES, Animal Rescue, ARES and liason to law enforcement. KC6TPS dispatches for the fire and police departments.

[Joe Hadenuf]

That's great Brownie!

73s....