What the Wouff Hong* is Ham Radio?
Years ago I had an odd premonition that there would be a day when amateur radio was more than outdated, or quaint, but downright anachronistic.

I got my license in 1979 when you still had to know the Morse Code to get one. No one uses the code now except hams. Do I use it? Dahdidahdah dit dididit

Mobile radio was my job as well as my hobby. I designed radios for buses and trains. By 1994 I was so sick of the politics in ham VHF/FM that I retired my VHF gear.  Then I got fired.

Everything I love about ham radio has been said in Hello World (Gregory and Sahre).		 3,000 feet plus 70
That's me fixing VE7RPT, Vancouver's 34/94 repeater. I'm not sorry for being their tech but I never got credit for it.
The Celica of Dan
This humble vehicle has made 2-way, high frequency radio contact with such distant places as New Zealand and Latvia.

The mast on the fender is my HF antenna. It's a Hustler. I had resonators for 75, 40, 20 and 15 metres.
By swapping resonator whips, I could work all the bands, including WARC, except 10 metres. A Larson VHF whip would give me enough extra length to work the Hustler on 10 without a resonator.
A year after the photo, I took out the radios out and sold the car to a friend for $200.  I never had as much fun with my new car.
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Photos: VE7AOV
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