what aspect of radio

[VA7AAX]

i was interested by DX . i always (and still do) imagined working lots of rare DX and just the magic of communicating on the ''ether '' interests me .i had found a radio with some thing called shortwave and i ask somebody what is it? . the moment i knew it was receiving DX , i was interested . but only after 6 years did i become a ham!

what about you?

[KL7AJ]

The frying sound of electric arcs and the smell of ozone

[PE2YSB]

I got interested when i was 6, I always wanted to talk to people via the ether.
I started with CB when I was 8, I also worked at a public radio station. I had to sell my CB rig when i was 10, because we moved to a new house and my parents didn't want an antenna on the roof.

I stayed working at the public radio station.
1.5 year ago i started at Eindhoven University and visited the HAM club (ESRAC, Eindhoven Student Radio Amateur Club) PI4TUE. I fell in love with the hobby. 6 months later i took the exam and i became a HAM.

Now i like building QRP rigs, i'm planning to build 2 QRPP(<10mW) beacons this summer, one on 30m and one on 10m.

Quote[/b] (kl7aj @ Mar. 30 2007,14:43)]The frying sound of electric arcs and the smell of ozone
who doesn't like that?

[VA3SAX]

don't forget the delightful feeling of getting a few good volts across you...I'm not even sure how much I got
mighta been a bit of 110 AC

[VE6WTF]

pfft, I will tell you how to get your fix the right way...
First you go DX to some hotttt nun in bulgaria or somethin
THENNNN you tell her that her whole religion sucks, jesus is your homeboy and you go bar hopping with him all the time
and god is out licking toads with the guys at poker night.
THENNN when the kidnap you and have you in a cold wet dungeon and when they walk in with the car battery and jumper cables.... you !@#^@##$! !@#!%%!@@## !@#%##% !@!$%!@@#

WE INTERUPT YOUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING TO BRING BREAKING NEWS, APPLE CORPORATION HAS JUST BOUGHT THE WORLD AND DECLAIRED THAT EVERYONE MUST SERVE AS THE SLAVE TO AN IPOD FOR THREE YEARS TO BE UPGRADED TO SERVENT OF MACS FOR THE REST OF YOUR NATURAL LIVES (THEN YOU GET RESERVICED TO LIVE A LIFE OF HELL)

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME THE REST OF THE STORY AT 6:00

sorry folks we are experiencing technical difficulties sorry for the inconvienience this may have caused.



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So as I was saying.. I got zapped by my P/S for the tube with handles...

[VA7AAX]

i once got shocked with 45 volts. LOL . hurt so badly

[VA7AAX]

Quote[/b] (kl7aj @ Mar. 30 2007,14:43)]The frying sound of electric arcs and the smell of ozone
dont forget the lead fumes of solder ! love it

[VE6WTF]

THE WOMEN!!!!

[N6HCM]

definitely dx. the idea of being able to talk here and be heard tens of thousands of miles away with no intervening wires/switches/... was just spectacular.

I got a bad RF burn once...

Doesn't sound bad but with 100 PEP, my hand on some metal, let's just say it woke me up and then some.

This is what is sounded like:

CQ CQ CQ de KC0V ow!

[VA7AAX]

Quote[/b] (kc0vvu @ April 01 2007,04:31)]I got a bad RF burn once...

Doesn't sound bad but with 100 PEP, my hand on some metal, let's just say it woke me up and then some.

This is what is sounded like:

CQ CQ CQ de KC0V ow!
that is what i was wondering . are RF burns better or worse than electrical shocks? ( BTW i am talking 100 watts of RF and 115 AC for electrical shocks)

[VA3SAX]

kc0v ow does sound close enough to kc0vvu I bet thye could hardly tell the difference...except maybe in the amplitude and pitch of voice...this thread reminds me of my father (electrical engineer) doing some electrical work in the house and getting the 110v ac shock and then saying that maybe he ought to switch off the breaker to that room...I don't know about the RF burns yet akshay but I've heard they are much worse then AC

i wish someone had recorded me http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

that would be hilarious to listen to

[VO1GXG]

I started with antique radios and it just came from there . not one event made me want to be a ham . mainly just found it on a web search and looking at the videos on Youtube .

[KC7THH]

rtty got me going on it the idea that the stuff was sent without wires all over the world for some reason just got to me
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[KD5ZER]

Quote[/b] (kc0vvu @ April 01 2007,06:31)]I got a bad RF burn once...

Doesn't sound bad but with 100 PEP, my hand on some metal, let's just say it woke me up and then some.

This is what is sounded like:

CQ CQ CQ de KC0V ow!

Ha, that's nothing! A few years ago, when I was still on CB, I had one in the car with a 400w amp inline. One day I was standing behind the car and noticed the mag-mount antenna was a little off center. I started to move it and just as I grabbed it my buddy keyed it up. It gave me a bad burn on the palm of my hand.

Another time I was talking on 2m using an indoor mag-mount on a pie plate(my normal antenna was blown down in a storm.). As I was talking, I went to grab some thing and my hand touched to antenna. Good thing I was only using about 25w that time. All it left was a blister.


Just two more and I will stop

A few years ago, when I was still in CB, I was working on an old sweep tube amp with my elmer. I went to unplug the HIGH VOLTAGE supply from the amp and got hit with god knows how much voltage. All I now is that when I came to, my elmer was yelling at me trying to wake me up. Almost gave that 75 year old a heart attack!

Alright my last one,I promise

One day I was working in my shop and reached behind some equipment to disconnect a coax cable. When I did my stomach brushed against the terminals on my 35amp 13.8volt power supply. Not much but, it did leave a cool scar.(CHICKS DIG THE SCARS). http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

Well that's all that I can remember.

73
P.s.
I'm only 17. At this rate I should be dead by 30. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif