Capturing the total Hip-ness of Amateur Radio on a T-Shirt

[KE9ZM]

While reading the ARRL web site I clicked on an ad for "Hip Ham Shirts".
The link on the ARRL site took me to another site - http://www.hiphamshirts.com/?page_id=5

I was curious as to what a "Hip Ham Shirt" would say. That site shows a few of the offerings.

"Not all hams are created equal. Some know CW"
"Ham radio is a contact sport"
"Ham Radio Pickup lines. My Shack or yours? Come oscillate with me. I think we would resonate well together"
"Got my radio for the kids… It was a good trade"
"Hams do it with frequency"
"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"
"Behind every great ham radio operator is a XYL rolling her eyes"
"Ham's do it till it Hertz"
"If Ham Radio was a sport, I'd be a jock"

This site mentioned above specialized in Ham T-shirts.
But it seems they do not offer custom sayings on these shirts.

Can't we in QRZ come up with something better than the sayings quoted above?

If you had to put a saying on a T-shirt that captures the total Hip-ness of Amateur Radio, what would it be?

ke9zm
http://frrl.wordpress.com

[N8CPA]

While reading the ARRL web site I clicked on an ad for "Hip Ham Shirts".
The link on the ARRL site took me to another site - http://www.hiphamshirts.com/?page_id=5

I was curious as to what a "Hip Ham Shirt" would say. That site shows a few of the offerings.

"Not all hams are created equal. Some know CW"
"Ham radio is a contact sport"
"Ham Radio Pickup lines. My Shack or yours? Come oscillate with me. I think we would resonate well together"
"Got my radio for the kids… It was a good trade"
"Hams do it with frequency"
"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"
"Behind every great ham radio operator is a XYL rolling her eyes"
"Ham's do it till it Hertz"
"If Ham Radio was a sport, I'd be a jock"

This site mentioned above specialized in Ham T-shirts.
But it seems they do not offer custom sayings on these shirts.

Can't we in QRZ come up with something better than the sayings quoted above?

If you had to put a saying on a T-shirt that captures the total Hip-ness of Amateur Radio, what would it be?

ke9zm
http://frrl.wordpress.com

I keep saying I'm going to do it, but haven't done it yet. A T-shirt with the slogan: Pounding brass still kicks .- ... ...

Some newsletter somewhere also asked my permission to use: "I love the smell of generator exhaust in the morning. It smells like Field Day."

[KC0W]

If you had to put a saying on a T-shirt that captures the total Hip-ness of Amateur Radio, what would it be?

"No one is cheaper than a Ham Radio operator"

"I love discussing my recent bladder surgery" (for all 75 meter op's)

"I'm not creative enough to hold a normal conversation so I talk about my weather ad nauseum"

"I just saved $2 by removing 31 resistors from my busted down Curtis Mathis TV"

"I tried working KCØW but he was only working Europe"

"Why of course, there are TONS of beautiful girls you can meet on Amateur radio"

"Miracle Whip antennas are as worthless as the letter P in pneumonia"


And the #1 Amateur radio related T-shirt:


"Building a World Class contesting/DXing station in North Dakota"





Tom KCØW

[K7JEM]

Bugwitt. It's not just a word, it's a way of life.

[WA4BRL]

Here's one I designed, drew up, and printed on a shirt:





I even had it printed on a coffee mug:

[WF7A]

"Surfing the ionosphere on a continuous wave"

[KF6ABU]

I didn't think any of those were "hip".

[KG6MZS]

"Surfing the ionosphere on a continuous wave"

Winner. You can all stop now.

[WA4BRL]

A friend hand painted this on a denim shirt for me back in seventies.
No, it doesn't fit anymore, but it still has an honored place in my closet.



I picked this one up at the Dayton Hamvention last spring.



I can't remember where I found this one, but I really like it.



My wife, WB4YPD gave me this one for Christmas.




This was an actual Hallicrafters ad from 1960 or so, depicting Fidel Castro. I believe it was used only in
Hallicrafters catalogs and other company literature, not in periodicals such as QST and 73.
HipHamShirts.com sells this one, but you have to request it as they don't advertize it on the website.

[KG6MZS]

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