How many HAM operators are out there?

RattlerXX

RattlerXX

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My grandfather and my father were and are HAM operators, and I was just wondering how many we had on the forums. For years my grandfathers call letters were on one of the local repeaters, and I'm not for sure if it still is. I still have most of his equipment in his office, and there is a large 2 Meter, and a Collins radio if that means anything. My father still has a handheld, but I don't think he has used it in years.
 
I used to be, but my license has expired. When I moved to my
current location it seemed the ham club was not friendly.
 
Still a ham. Have been for 25+ years. Not active anymore . . . antenna farm needs maintenance. Worked well over 160 countries while active. Present activity limited to a two meter rig in the truck.
73,
 
General class. Been licensed since the beginning of my senior year in high school. I also volunteer for RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) in my area. Perhaps one of these days I'll upgrade to the Extra class since the morse code requirement is only 5wpm which I already have when I originally got my Tech Plus.

73,

Joey
 
KB4JIF General class, no HF capability at the moment (no ant up). Got my ticket about 20 some years ago. (yipes!! that makes me feel old)
 
Howdy,

Been a ham for about 10 years. I listen a lot but have only keyed the mic on my radio about 3 times. Lots of friends are stormchasers and try to get me to go. I'd rather listen to them on the radio!

Brad
KD5HRM
 
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my grandfathers, and my dad's call letters.

W5GY for Grandpa

K5FXT for my dad
 
I don't believe in anything that is based upon people ratting on others...

I used to be a pirate operator, and talk to other pirate operators, but the hobby got old and boring so I gave it up.
 
I'm not am HAM operator but I do listen on my scanner sometimes. In my area they have what is called the "Possum Trot Network". They volunteer during any kind of disaster that may happen in the area. Plus they have 2 weekly meeting over the radio where they talk about news, politics,weather and charites they can donate there time to. They sound like a good group of people.
 
KY3T here, extra class (from before they started giving it away in cereal boxes) _ . _ . _ _ . _
 
Guilty :D

I am truly a crazy person. I think the things I have done to my VW Bug prove that.
http://home.teleport.com/~kd7bcy/

Also have an online forum for ham radio stuff at my normal web site, or go direct to http://forums.kd7bcy.com/

Made Extra class after they lowered the CW speed. I suck at CW... I spend most of my time on 2m or 10m anyhow. No time to play any more, I'm off to drive trucks cross country now... Oh wel.
 
KG6AHU, 73 DE San Francisco.

Have had my Tech/No-Code License for about 4 years now. The local HAMs are friendly enough, but haven't really had time to pursue upgrade of my license.

Got a 2M/440 rig (Icom 2800H) in my truck, and a VX-5R handheld. Haven't used either one in probably 6 months.
 
Was on HF and 2m until about 2 years ago when the shack got hit by lightning. Still haven't got around to getting the rig fixed (TS850SAT)
Worked over a 120 prefixes from K6 to JA, CW and Phone.

73 om de M0*** VA .. :)
 
I'm not a Ham but I was a Radioman in the Coast Guard. I worked CW up at Commsta Kodiak (NOJ) back in the 80's. We took OBS, Amvers, SAR, Medicos and NMFS Catchreps from the various nation's fishing fleets. I qualified at 35 WPM but I figure I was doing a good bit more than that when copying the Russians. It was a fun time and I still remember the code - it's like learning to ride a bike, you never forget it.

73's OM
 
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