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Santoro:
There is a thread on this every few years - any Hams among us?

Dave, W2DHS.



(not my antenna farm)

AtomSmasher:
Got my license last year, but haven't used it much.  I have a few friends who are really into it, so I have helped them build an awesome mobile setup.  It's a crank up tower which is permanently attached to the back of an old truck.  It's around 40' tall when fully extended.  We've used it a couple of times, one of which was on top of a mountain in Santa Barbara last field day (first picture in the ARRL article: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2012/2012-FD-QST-V3.pdf), and another time was at Wasteland Weekend (pictured below)
We also recently purchased a similar 70' tower which we plan on using in an event in April.

Adam, KJ6TAH although I'll usually be using my groups name since I rarely use Ham outside of an event: K6WCC

edit*  Here's my groups facebook page with several better pictures and descriptions than what I posted:  http://www.facebook.com/WCCorp

Santoro:
That tower is crank-up?  Cool! 

I have been licensed since '93 but not active on the air.  I am getting back into it now, setting up a shack and getting my car set up with APRS.  Since Sandy I am also interested in Emergency Comms so will probably join ARES/RACES.

BadMouth:
Not into it, but you guys might find this project on the Makaron emulator author's blog interesting:
http://dknute.livejournal.com/40730.html
The frequency of the radio is software defined, so it can pick up a crazy range of things.

If I didn't have so many other unfinished projects, I'd be trying to build one.

TopJimmyCooks:
my grandparents were big into it.  they did missionary work where they connected specialists in the US with missionary doctors in Honduras and Nicaragua via HAM and autopatch.  They've passed on but my grandfathers's call sign was w4dcw. 

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