Pilots who are also Ham Radio ops... how many?

AD8Y here. Lots and lots of others out there.

David, mostly C-172s.

Ben Smith wrote:

KD6HYI

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Ben
C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y

Dave, WA6ILT (since 1969)

Of course, these days there's no guarantee that a ham knows Morse code.

I always tell an instructor or examiner I flying with that I know the code so he or she
won't ding me for not double checking the ID on the chart after I tune it in.


kontiki wrote:

Just curious how many of us are out there?

One nice thing for me is that its so nice to be able to Ident an ILS/LOM/VOR or NDB
without having to decode the dits and dahs. )

Scott
K2ST
N6482P

I actually saw a photo of an old aircraft that had a registration number that
began with K. Evidently that was done at some point. The U.S. has N, K, & W
allotted for callsigns.

I wonder if the FCC and FAA talk to each other about calls/registrations. N1RN,
for example, is a perfectly valid a/c registration. So is N4GA, the number of
AOPA's jet. Theoretically, a ham could have his call and his aircraft with the
same number.

Dave Reinhart


Ron Natalie wrote:

Morgans wrote:


Is there a special significance to 5? I know nothing about hams, other than
they are sometimes too salty, and sometimes give me gas.g

Oringially, the digit gave you a rough estimation of where the ham
lived. However, while the FCC still issues them based on your
address, you're not required to change them when you move and you
can order a "vanity call" with any number in it. I've never lived
in 1-land, but I have a N1RN vanity call. Some of you will note that's
also a valid N number registration. I actually had it reserved for
several years but I decided I'd never get around to using it and stopped
renewing it. There's a glider somewhere in the midwest that has that
number on it now.

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:19:04 GMT, David Reinhart
wrote:

Dave, WA6ILT (since 1969)

Of course, these days there's no guarantee that a ham knows Morse code.

I always tell an instructor or examiner I flying with that I know the code so he or she
won't ding me for not double checking the ID on the chart after I tune it in.


kontiki wrote:

Just curious how many of us are out there?

One nice thing for me is that its so nice to be able to Ident an ILS/LOM/VOR or NDB
without having to decode the dits and dahs. )

Scott
K2ST
N6482P

It really upset my PPL instructor when I refused to write the code
down. He couldn't accept it meant nothing trying to count dots and
dashes. Much easier to understand the tones!

GM3RFA

David Reinhart
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-I actually saw a photo of an old aircraft that had a registration number that
-began with K. Evidently that was done at some point. The U.S. has N, K, & W
-allotted for callsigns.

And A.


Theoretically, a ham could have his call and his aircraft with the
-same number.

Or you could do it like I have it on the blueonblue182, N 73 CQ.

Jim


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

David Reinhart wrote:

Dave, WA6ILT (since 1969)

Of course, these days there's no guarantee that a ham knows Morse
code.

I always tell an instructor or examiner I flying with that I know the
code so he or she won't ding me for not double checking the ID on the
chart after I tune it in.

I also had to prove myself when I started taking flight instruction. My instructor once tuned random VORs
and had me identify them to prove that I wasn't kidding. It's just like riding a bicycle. I haven't been an
active ham since the late '60's, but it still comes automagically. Back then, the general class license was
a real badge of honor - 13 wpm if I recall correctly.

Mike
(formerly WA0KHB)

Mike Adams wrote:


I also had to prove myself when I started taking flight instruction. My instructor once tuned random VORs
and had me identify them to prove that I wasn't kidding. It's just like riding a bicycle. I haven't been an
active ham since the late '60's, but it still comes automagically. Back then, the general class license was
a real badge of honor - 13 wpm if I recall correctly.


Not me. When I got my Extra in about 1987 the code requirement was 20
wpm. I always hated the code, I tried to work some stations using it
but I had zero interest in it. After 5 or 6 years I forgot most of it.
I remember a few letters now but not too many.