What's the first thing yo do when you get a new radio home?

[WH2HAO]

The first thing I would have to do, would be to start explaining to the wife why I needed another radio.

[WA6MHZ]

The FIRST thing I do is HIDE all traces of NEWNESS (Boxes, packing, manuals, etc) so if the wife walks in the shack, I can tell her:

"OH, THAT radio??? Its always been here, for the past 10 years infact! I just put it in line cuz the old one broke."

[AF6LJ]

This thread proves that marriage isn't all its cracked up to be.

[KC9UDX]

This thread proves that marriage isn't all its cracked up to be.

You really needed this thread for that?

[WA6MHZ]

WIVES do get CRABBY!!!

Especially at Litterbox Cleaning time!

[N0AZZ]

My last new rig was just after Christmas, and after I got it out of the box, I started taking the covers off at the invitation of Icom. You see, it was my brandy, spanky new IC-9100. And I had 2 filters a D-Star module AND a 1.2 Ghz module to install.

Pretty radio inside.

Yes it is and they were easy to install the 1.2 gig is a bit more trouble but just a bit. I bought mine a year ago just after Christmas it was on sale and included the D-Star chip and both filters.

[AC4WY]

1. Admire the box and luxuriate in the smell of "new radio."

2. Pull it out, hook it up, see how far I can get without reading the manual.

3. Read the manual. LOL

[K1FBI]

Open the box and make sure I did not get the scratched one that slipped through Quality Control. I've already downloaded and read the manual...ready to play after that.