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kb9rqz
08-10-2007, 10:34 PM
the other thread made me wonder I am realy that off to have an XYL with call and an interest in radio of her own
Mine likes to play on her own with my minimal 2m EME stuff (digital JT65) and amusingingly to my freinds that the wive of a devort memeber of NCI has taken an intert in CW (she made her first contacts on CW at FD with a little help (she has trouble pciking out some of the numbers but I think is doing well otherwise geting her voice at all is still rough but she made some 20 ssb contacts at FD as well everyone sorta looks at us in wonder as we are both fairly active but do very different things on air
is this realy that rare?
KU4MY
08-10-2007, 11:00 PM
Not really, mine is licensed (KF4UIP) but has become inactive as she has little time for pastimes in the past few years, combined with the fact that she really doesn’t care for the group(s) I tend to chat with now as rather than cook outs, going out to eat, going to the park and socializing in general, the group in our area since we moved about 30 miles away from where we used to live prefer to cry and whine about the government and minorities. Hmmmm, I can relate to that reasoning as I can’t stand to turn on 2m anymore either……. I guess I have reached my limit here recently as well.
Thirty miles isn’t a big hop, but, also, over the years, people have passed over and or moved and or have retired from radio, the area and or life in general so until there is a breath of fresh air or a wind of change in my general area, her activity is pretty much limited to helping me hearing my station in operation when I am out mobile and have made some sort of change or another that she will help me with on 10m, VHF and UHF.
Also, there a handful of us on a Yahoo group I started, out of which, shooting from the hip, about 25 to 30% of us are females.
My ex-wife xyl is licensed (N2HKN) but is not active of the bands. She is active somewhat on Echolink since she can't get an antenna up where she lives but she also frequents ham messageboards.
ad4mg
08-11-2007, 08:14 AM
My wife, Candy, is KF4DJV. She got her ticket mainly in order to participate in emergency communications. She occasionally chats on the local repeaters, and gave her newly minted 10 meter privileges a go, but I think current band conditions have discouraged her.
She is far too involved in counted cross stitch projects to give amateur radio a serious go. She's quite good at it, doing mostly patterns of her own creation that sometimes take over a year to complete. Incredibly, she gives away to friends most of her cross stitch creations!
Mine is KC2OYY.
She has an interest, but really doesn't want to get on air. She thinks repeaters are too boring.
She wants to get on HF, and doesn't even want to get on air until she upgrades to Extra. She passed General but doesn't want to go to the VE session yet. It's always, "yeah, I'll do it next week..." :roll:
She does sort cards for the bureau and she does help me log while mobile, but none of those things require a license.
Mine is K3JBM, she had/has no interest in Hammie stuff, but they
held classes at the Emergency Management Office I work at, so
she took them for the sake of being able to talk in case of emergency.
We used to be very active on my 2meter/6meter machines, but
we finally got cell service in sticksville, and my plan allows for
free cell to cell calls , so unless she is in a dead spot, we
use the cells.
N3ATS
08-11-2007, 02:23 PM
No interest at all.
"I can pick up the phone if I want to talk to someone in another country".
Oh well, I don't like collecting Boyds Bears or scrapbooking so.....
My daughter is a ham, KL1TX, but she was only interested in the code, and that is why she got into ham radio. It pissed her off when the code was abandoned, and I don't know if she will ever get her General class license now. I am sure she would have if there had been a 13wpm requirement, because she would have seen the license as something of an achievement. Her interest is pretty low, and she refuses to talk on a microphone.
The whole code thing was a real bummer for her and her friends, two of which learned the code and were going to get licensed.
My XYL can only tolerate radio.
My 2 youngest sons are N8WTF and K1LLA.
N1LAF
08-12-2007, 11:57 AM
My childhood friend, Lee has 6 kids, the oldest 14. Five of the kids are licensed, 2 are general class. On QRZ, do a lookup on K1LEF. Talk about a house full of hams..
kf0rt
08-12-2007, 12:48 PM
When my wife and I met, she was living with her sis and bro-in-law who were both hams. We met at a ham club picnic in 1976. She took the classes and learned the code and got her Novice ticket but never did anything with it -- let it expire. Hasn't had any real interest, but she tolerates mine!
My younger brother and one of his sons both have Extra tickets (NTØP and WTØN). I got my license first, though (so there!). :lol:
Mine is W7NPN. She is really interested in radio http://www.transistor.org.
We haven't found a VEC session up here. She's ready to pass the extras when we find the session.
She wants to fire up the FT-817 on HF.
mine is N8LBR. Her brother was WD8PMU (the LID let his ticket expire), her dad is W8MXR and her cousin is W6UCN (I think). She has no interest in HF, she is a TechPlus, I've tried to drag her to an exam session to take the General but she has zero interest. She said that any time she wants to play HF, she can use my call/station or one of the club calls. She hangs out with the nerd herd on the local 2m cb channels... but only to and from work.
Vanessa, the XYL is N4NHE, and likes Amateur Radio. She got a warm welcome at the local club, but cold feet about operating. So far she's looking at the General, but not really too interested. OTOH, she IS giving the Sony PSP a real workout.
;)
kf0rt
08-12-2007, 06:57 PM
Mine is W7NPN. She is really interested in radio http://www.transistor.org.
We haven't found a VEC session up here. She's ready to pass the extras when we find the session.
She wants to fire up the FT-817 on HF.
I lost a half day of my life to that site once. She does good work. :lol:
KU4MY
08-12-2007, 07:37 PM
Linky redirects me to here...... oh well...... http://www.addr.com/welcome.cgi?redir :(
Linky redirects me to here...... oh well...... http://www.addr.com/welcome.cgi?redir :(
There was an extra "dot" on the web address
http://www.transistor.org./
correct of course is http://www.transistor.org
And I blew an evening looking at that site as well, kudos to the XYL,
I have always had a soft spot for old transistor radios.
My XYL is KD8DSG.
She got interested in ham radio because we needed a better (non-CB) way of communicating while riding our touring motorcycles. I told her that if she passed the Tech ticket, a nice new VX7R awaited her.
Well...that snowballed into a triband mobile rig, separate HF/VHF/UHF fixed-station rigs for HER...accessories...etc.
She likes to contest but is a little nervous at getting on the air on her own - unless it involves talking to one of the 'crew' we ride with.
Latest "carrot" I've thrown her way is a nice HF all-mode transceiver for her car -if- she passes the General exam.
(This is bound to get expen$ive...I know it...)
My XYL finally "paper upgraded" today so she's now KC2OYY/AG.
She's been holding on to the CSCE for almost a year now. Tried element 3 with element 1 last year, failed the code, passed element 3. Been practicing for Extra ever since.
I don't get it. Why didn't she upgrade sooner? I don't know what she's trying to prove. She had the CSCE just waiting to do the upgrade.
I told her congratulations and she was like, "don't."
Anyway, she was nervous talking on HF, and realized it was a lot different than just listening to me operate.
She made a sum total of TWO contacts - one checking in to the intercon net and the other 9A9A in Croatia.
Hopefully she can take a shift operating CQ World War.
Speaking of which... We got a chain saw today, so tomorrow I am taking down the two trees which are in the way of my MonstIR. I also have some dacron rope and I am going to steer them away from the tower.
W4KLB
10-06-2007, 09:22 PM
:) my xyl is ki4vpm likes 2 meter and 10 meters mostly got a licence to prove she could. :roll:
kc9kow
12-30-2007, 11:52 PM
My wife has no interest at all in Ham radio. She hates it at all that I have anything to do with it. Maybe one day she'll see the light. She says "but I have the cell" I say, look, forget the cell. There is no monthly charge for amateur radio, there is no bill that comes in the mail, no minutes to worry about, no contract.
She still wants her cell phone and would rather hang on 11 meters. Thank God I don't have an 11 meter set in the house...I won't allow them!
M0GLO
12-31-2007, 02:04 AM
My wife is afraid of my radios.
She thinks I am running dangerous levels of RF even without an amp.
She'll get over it. Eventually.
I hope.
But I can build 300 watt copper vapor lasers in the garage and it's not a problem. Go figure.
My wife has taken a liking to operating CW and PSK-31.
And somehow whenever she's on, the cluster goes wild and starts spotting her all over the place.
Gee, djya think it's because you are such a turd and she is sweet and charming? :D
KL1VM is my XYL.
She get her tech the same night I got my extra. Not much interest on her part, was mainly a bet we had made and so we can reach each other via radio if needed.
Gee, djya think it's because you are such a turd and she is sweet and charming? :D
Ya think??? :lol:
No interest at all.
"I can pick up the phone if I want to talk to someone in another country".
Oh well, I don't like collecting Boyds Bears or scrapbooking so.....
We're in the same boat. At least she is a bit open-minded about antennas and budget, so it's all good.
kf0rt
01-03-2008, 07:15 PM
My wife was WNØZPL in 1977 or so. Never used the license and let it expire. Getting it was more of a social thing. She passed the 5WPM test for Novice back then (and I'll avoid comparisons with the KWW's of the world for more than obvious reasons).
But, she tolerates all my crap pretty well, I must admit. In return, she doesn't have to work for a livin'.
No interest at all.
"I can pick up the phone if I want to talk to someone in another country".
Oh well, I don't like collecting Boyds Bears or scrapbooking so.....
We're in the same boat. At least she is a bit open-minded about antennas and budget, so it's all good.
My XYL doesn't care about "talking around the world."
Instead, she's all about DXing and contesting, but for the reason that she likes to fill up the logbook. Her QRZ lookups are past 1400 now.
One contest we are going to do multi-single, and perhaps multi-multi with some other ops. She's learning how to run a pileup now.
Before the Cell Phone Boom, some XYLs got their NCT so they could "communicate" with the OM on the 2 meter CB repeaters. Fortunately for all of us, the QSOs were NOT limited to asking him to pick up a gallon of 2% milk on the way home. We got to hear some really cool spats, putting a charge into the usual "I'm destinated, hi hi" crap you get on 2 meter FM.
Then the various "family share" cell phone plans came to be, and the 2 Meter Glorified FRS Service was all but dead. Pity.
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"Just wait until that LID is destinated at the Home QTH!"
Before the Cell Phone Boom, some XYLs got their NCT so they could "communicate" with the OM on the 2 meter CB repeaters. Fortunately for all of us, the QSOs were NOT limited to asking him to pick up a gallon of 2% milk on the way home. We got to hear some really cool spats, putting a charge into the usual "I'm destinated, hi hi" crap you get on 2 meter FM.
Then the various "family share" cell phone plans came to be, and the 2 Meter Glorified FRS Service was all but dead. Pity.
In this area there lived a 'Stepford'-type wife whose OM owned a "closed" 440 MHz repeater...it was basically his private command-and-control system for her. According to the many folks who monitored that system, their conversations could reach the scary side of interesting.
Another good one: The "cheatin' wife; cheatin' husband" donnybrook on a popular area 2M simplex frequency. Both of the combatants (and at least one of the paramours) were licensed and live. THAT was some phunny chit...
Mine is K3JBM, she had/has no interest in Hammie stuff, but they
held classes at the Emergency Management Office I work at, so
she took them for the sake of being able to talk in case of emergency.
We used to be very active on my 2meter/6meter machines, but
we finally got cell service in sticksville, and my plan allows for
free cell to cell calls , so unless she is in a dead spot, we
use the cells.
Hammie stuff? :-?
Mine is K3JBM, she had/has no interest in Hammie stuff, but they
held classes at the Emergency Management Office I work at, so
she took them for the sake of being able to talk in case of emergency.
We used to be very active on my 2meter/6meter machines, but
we finally got cell service in sticksville, and my plan allows for
free cell to cell calls , so unless she is in a dead spot, we
use the cells.
Hammie stuff? :-?
Yep, that's what it said..... makes perfectly good sense to me. We share a similar history and shifted from a one cell phone family to one for everyone after service improved here. After that shift, expecting my wife to step outside of the grocery store to use a 5w HT to call me at home to see if we needed eggs was rather a redundant thing, when she could easily pull her 100mW phone out and make the call standing in front of the grocery store's egg case.
Just because amateur radio may no longer have the edge, particularly with regard to infrastructure and other obvious things in addition to repeater coverage, amateur radio still has a viable, even integral part in emergency communications, it doesn't make it the most convenient form of communication, even though it is likely still the most reliable.
If the term hammie offends you, it is likely you take our hobby way too seriously. ;)
My ex XYL is licensed (N2HKN) but has been inactive for years. My current XYL can't stand the radio which is fine with me and my son just got his license about 3 months ago.
In this area there lived a 'Stepford'-type wife whose OM owned a "closed" 440 MHz repeater...it was basically his private command-and-control system for her. According to the many folks who monitored that system, their conversations could reach the scary side of interesting.
Another good one: The "cheatin' wife; cheatin' husband" donnybrook on a popular area 2M simplex frequency. Both of the combatants (and at least one of the paramours) were licensed and live. THAT was some phunny chit...
NO MAN! the FUNNIEST had to be when a local boy broke into a QSO on the big popular 2m repeater, asked to used the autopatch. The club had the policy that autopatch had priority so everyone shut up and let the lid make the call. Expecting him to call the loving wife, he fooled us when he called his lawyer. He started to explain how the loving wife packed up all her belongings and split the blanket. The lawyer tried his best, and kept saying "Mark, call me on a land line phone", but mark would add, but I don't want her to get my money", the lawyer kept trying to impress on this lid to "MARK CALL ME ON A LAND LINE". This went on for 15 minutes! Keep in mind that in 1978, this repeater was the most popular in SW Ohio, and everyone was doing thier best to keep the car on the road. Finally, the lid hangs up the phone, but wants the autopatch AGAIN... well, after that last display, who was going to stop him. He then called the soon-to-be- EX-mother-in-law, and started to ask "mom" what happened and why the loving wife packup her stuff and slipped away while the poor slob worked. Mom explained all the failing that poor Mark had, something about a pityful job, a dysfuntional sex life, and a daughter that could not stand the sight of poor Mark anymore.
Some of us still talk about that autopatch.
WOW! Now that beats the hell out of pizza orderers and the 'Q: Hey, guess how I am calling you!' A: 'I don't give a f@#&, you stupid nurd!' calls from around these parts.
KC8TCQ
01-22-2008, 10:53 AM
WOW! Now that beats the hell out of pizza orderers and the 'Q: Hey, guess how I am calling you!' A: 'I don't give a f@#&, you stupid nurd!' calls from around these parts.
I'm waiting to hear if some perverted smarta** has ever called one of those 1-800- sex lines via phone patch :lol:
Where I used to work, one of the guys would call one of those numbers, then put it on hold and transfer it to the bosses phone heheh.
I am so proud of KC2OYY. She worked 3Y0E yesterday, and even made the front page of the webpage (http://www.3y0e.com)
w00t!
Atta girl! Oh, and am I the only one who is compelled to call Petrus 'Hagrid'?
LOL. I dunno.
But the amount of QRM and just ignorant asses on the frequency is incredible... listen to the audio clip I supplied to the site where the guy is talking about "11m ops" hogging the frequency...
Jeez, it's a freaking rare DX, #5 most wanted DXCC, running a hustler 4BTV with 100 watts, taking time off from his research mission to give us "a rare new one." Most stations in NA aren't going to hear him! There is so much space on 20 meters, certainly those guys can QSY while the DX operates on 14.260 (BTW, he was there first!)
n2ize
02-18-2008, 03:47 AM
I have never met a woman who had the slightest interest in ham radio. Then again, I keep it a secret that I am involved with ham radio. Generally if people ask me if I am a ham I vehemently deny it.
A while back I was with a friend who fixes public service radios. Some ham saw us in a parking lot and says, "hey' are you guys ham radio operators ?". I leaned against his window and said, "beat it Hammie... we work with REAL radios not those cheap dime a dozen hammie toys you bought at the ham store".
VE6TEQ
02-18-2008, 10:11 AM
Wifey is VE6HRS. She wanted her licence for Emergency comms and for the new dishwasher. Now she doesn't even know how to turn the radio on. :think
N9VBI
04-25-2008, 03:22 PM
My XYL has picked up the NO-Code book twice in 5 years. Never went to test and claims to have finished the book each time. So kinda doubtful that she'll really get her ticket. She does enjoy the club meetings and gatherings that we sometimes attend. So thats my take on it all.
73's Burt - N9VBI
http://www.freewebs.com/allhamradio
I had high standards before I got married. My wife had to have a technical ability, had to like or tolerate ham radio, had to know how to set the timer on the VCR without getting out the book, and had to tolerate HAMVENTION, FIELD DAY, and radios in the car.
My solution, I married a ham, the daughter of a ham and the sister of a ham.
The only draw back, I did not get married until I was 45! But I captured me a winner, a real keeper, and it was worth the wait.
If I did not post earlier, she is N8LBR. Her dad is W8MXR, her brother is ex-WD8PMU, and her cousin is W6UCN (SK).
WD8PMU is not currently licensed, he was too quick to get married and she did not like hams, ham radio or me come to think of it. She was wife V1.0beta and was superceeded by wife V2.0a... she is a keeper too, now to just get PMU to go get his license back.
My wife took and passed her Technician test on Saturday. I never even twisted her arm. I had the pre-test jitters really bad all morning. Now I'm as proud as a new dad!
(could there be a new K3 in my future?)
kb9rqz
05-12-2008, 10:44 PM
My wife took and passed her Technician test on Saturday. I never even twisted her arm. I had the pre-test jitters really bad all morning. Now I'm as proud as a new dad!
(could there be a new K3 in my future?)
congrats to you both
KC9NRN
05-24-2008, 10:58 AM
the other thread made me wonder I am realy that off to have an XYL with call and an interest in radio of her own
Mine likes to play on her own with my minimal 2m EME stuff (digital JT65) and amusingingly to my freinds that the wive of a devort memeber of NCI has taken an intert in CW (she made her first contacts on CW at FD with a little help (she has trouble pciking out some of the numbers but I think is doing well otherwise geting her voice at all is still rough but she made some 20 ssb contacts at FD as well everyone sorta looks at us in wonder as we are both fairly active but do very different things on air
is this realy that rare?
My XYL showed zero interest when I started because while she was in the Army she HAD TO be a radio operator using CW. She hated being forced to do that, she's funny that way, anyway it's been 25 years and she has softened a bit and since she can hear CW come accross my radio from time to time she has started becoming interested in the hobby. When we went to Dayton she purchased a Morse Code book and is begining to read my Tech license study guides so hopefully when I go for the General she will go for her Tech with Code.
My next move will be to have her take over my 746Pro while I find a way to buy a used IC-7800 or new IC-7700! I have a feeling the debate will be a loud one for that one... :twisted:
When we went to Dayton she purchased a Morse Code book and is begining to read my Tech license study guides so hopefully when I go for the General she will go for her Tech with Code.
What country will she be taking the code test in?
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