[HiDARG-MEMBERS] OK so you want to be a ham radio operator....well it takes lots of work.

[Max Vaughan]

I think I am about 20% there....credit K3NG for the following.

 

A radio amateur should be able to talk on the radio, provide emergency
communications, cut a dipole and throw it up in a tree, send and receive
Morse code, advance the radio art, change a vacuum tube, act as net control,
build a power supply, build a fire, perform CPR, operate a kilobuck rig,
operate a $10 rig, configure a soundcard on a computer to run PSK, bounce
signals off a satellite, fire up an ad hoc repeater, use low power, fire up
a linear amplifier, put out a fire, tune an antenna tuner, solder, go
bowling with the family, fix an RFI problem, cook breakfast on a camp stove
at Field Day, radio direction find, respond to a mayday call, describe what
impedance is, send pictures using slow scan, use a straight key, use a
search engine, appreciate simplicity, understand complexity, QRS, start up a
generator, explain what a transistor does, disassemble a rotator, change a
diaper, call CQ, call home, drill a hole in the wall, climb a tower (or
direct someone how to do it safely), sit with a child on the radio, be
prepared, make a Morse code paddle out of a ruler, speak well, read
instructions, figure it out without instructions, write the instructions,
instruct, use a spreadsheet, use a slide rule, use a tape measure, read a
resistor color code, score a contest, use a cell phone, know what the rules
are, use duct tape, install a connector, make balanced feedline, send an
email over the air, set up a tent, install a stealth antenna, install a huge
antenna, scrounge for parts from an old TV set, wire a microphone, lay
ground radials, mow the lawn (and not tear up the radials), be secretary at
a ham club, act alone, join, grow old and not grow bitter, look towards the
future, read and understand, use the mode switch, donate time, be
diplomatic, understand propagation, ask for help, research, balance a bank
account, balance work and family and amateur radio, ask questions, question
authority, install a filter, be an authority, take orders, do digital, go
analog, use a voltmeter, be tolerant, be patient, ragchew, calculate,
estimate, attenuate, modulate, resuscitate, pontificate, emulate, stand up,
stand down, assist, theorize, prioritize, organize, design, dream,
reminisce, direct, follow, think, do, talk, hear, listen.

Specialization is for insects.

 

73 

Max Vaughan KF7MAX  Secretary

High Desert Amateur Radio Group

PO Box 723

Bend, Oregon USA   97709

541-706-1475

www.hidarg.org <http://www.hidarg.org/>  

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kf7max at arrl.net <mailto:kf7max at arrl.net> 

 

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