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

[Dave Green]

And here I thought I was off to a good start hihi

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 11:52 AM Max Vaughan <maxv at horizonps.com> wrote:

> *I think I am about 20% there……..credit K3NG for the following.*
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> *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*.
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> *Specialization* is for *insects.*
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> 73
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> Max Vaughan KF7MAX  Secretary
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73
Dave "Doc" Green
KT7DOC at arrl.net
541-771-1616
CN94if
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