Truth about Ham Radio Response

This is my response to Burts truth about ham radio. He made some good points but I figured I’d cover a few more. I also may upload a few more points about ha…
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25 replies
  1. ww5rm
    ww5rm says:

    But the term “Break” comes from the Military and is sign you are about to
    pause your TX but you are not finished. But yes I agree 100% it is 73 not
    73’s. But it is still part of freedom of speech and we don’t make the
    rules. =] DE WW5RM

    Reply
  4. K7DFA
    K7DFA says:

    Instead of saying anything about “customs” on the air, why not invite
    KF5XXX to have a cup of coffee with you at a local eatery, or even @ your
    house. Praise in public, “counsel” in private.

    Reply
  5. Bernard Jari
    Bernard Jari says:

    …to pass the emergency traffic or to get help…forgot to add
    that…Anyway, I was a Ham from 1986, until I decided to give it up in
    2000, as between 1995 to 2000 I had to many bad things happen to me in Ham
    Radio, including at least three people who had used (pirated) my call to
    cause trouble for me. However I have decided to get back into Ham Radio and
    give it a second chance, as my best friend is a Ham, and has been trying to
    get me back into it. Have a nice day, KC9YZR

    Reply
  6. waswestkan
    waswestkan says:

    Respectfully it’s not the best idea to let mere peeves become something to
    sweat. For yourself and Burt to go through the trouble to make & post your
    videos, you may be sweat the small stuff. I’m an amateur radio operator.
    All the things you and Burt mention don’t affect my ability to operate my
    station

    Reply
  7. Jackup460
    Jackup460 says:

    @hiroku1324 How is he going to do that once they see his trailer next to
    the railroad tracks? I’m sure he’ll stick to the CB picking up truckers or
    fuck dead hobos.

    Reply
  8. othrower74
    othrower74 says:

    Break: A procedure signal used to interrupt or break into an existing
    conversation or to tell another station to go ahead, as in “over”. Also
    used in traffic handling as a separator between major portions of formal
    traffic such as between the address, message text, and signature. On land
    line telegraph break meant to interrupt a sending operator.

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  9. purplemutantas
    purplemutantas says:

    I don’t have my license yet but I have listened to hams on my scanner.
    Personally it annoys me when people don’t use the phonetic alphabet for
    their call sign. Sometimes I am not sure what their call sign was. If they
    use the NATO alphabet it’s clear what their call sign is. The NATO alphabet
    isn’t that difficult to learn. I have it memorized. I think you should be
    required to use the NATO alphabet for your call sign.

    Reply
  12. tworkman43
    tworkman43 says:

    You made an excellent point when you mentioned the fact concerning the
    importance of ham radio and distastes that do effect the communication
    capacities of a local community

    Reply
  15. Anthony Allen
    Anthony Allen says:

    @climbingarizona Its not that bad once you get past the very few certain
    a-holes. Most of ham radio operators ain’t that bad at all. Most of them
    are very nice and will help you out in any way possible.

    Reply
  16. Anthony Allen
    Anthony Allen says:

    I agree I use phonetics when I hit repeaters hundreds of miles away and I
    notice that I only receive it about S3 or less. (Tropo)

    Reply
  17. Blaze1024
    Blaze1024 says:

    “If you enter the qso with BREAK, you are expected to be in an emergency”
    Hams in your area are not following internationally accepted protocols and
    this could cause problems for hams traveling through the area “Break Break”
    is and always has been the only internationally accepted way to signify an
    emergency Break.. A single break on a repeater is the proper protocol if
    you need to make a call on the repeater and simply throwing your call sign
    out is the proper protocol to join a discussion

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  18. Bernard Jari
    Bernard Jari says:

    Meaning Hams can of course say, “Whiskey Bravo Nine Uniform Alpha Lima,”
    also, as far as saying, “Break” goes, it is often used to break into a
    conversation to pass some sort of emergency traffic, like if you came
    across an accident and want one of the people that are talking on a 2 meter
    repeater, or maybe yourself, if you know the codes for making an
    auto-patch, or phone call, using the repeater.

    Reply
  19. Bernard Jari
    Bernard Jari says:

    Well, as far as XYL goes, I have heard some people, not just Hams, use XYL
    as referring to their ex-wives, but most are referring to their wives, but
    if they want to talk about hearing a lady over the air, or contacting a
    lady over the air, they refer to the ladies as YLs, meaning “young ladies,”
    so a YL is a Young Lady, and they have the saying that you won’t find any
    young men or old ladies on Ham Radio, so that’s why a lady is a YL and a
    man is a OM. (probably showing courtesy for the ladies)

    Reply
  24. hankosaurus
    hankosaurus says:

    Anthony, You will be pleased to learn that your extra class license will
    not require Morse code at all. You will also learn that some hams are as
    interested in the history and “culture” of ham radio Q signals and
    procedures as you are about the “culture” and “heritage” of the
    Confederacy. Last I checked, we lost that war, even though we outgunned our
    northern brothers by more than three to two.

    Reply

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