Calling all "Hams"

[Jon]

So...

We've got a bunch of members who are amateur radio operators... how about everyone check it with their callsigns...



I'll start...

Jon, N3VZG Tech (no code) since 1995.

 

[rdkl]

Harliv, KD6PBM. Also tech no-code (I think since 92? Its been a while now!)

 

[FFEMT1764]

Mike, Tech no code, working on the code and General as we post, KI4PBC, just got into ham in the past 2 weeks...anyone got a good hf radio they wanna send me

 

[SwissEMT]

what's a HAM?

What's an Amateur Radio Operator?

I see the license plates from time to time.

What do you guys do?

 

[Summit]

Tech since 03

73

 

[Chimpie]

KB9WLT - no code tech since 2000

I never use it though. I can't stand all the chit chat that goes on. I only have it for emerg. comms.

 

[fm_emt]

Only ham I have is the stuff that I make sandwiches out of. :-D

With the Red Cross, we encounter these guys a lot: http://www.blackberryreact.org/

Fantastic group of folks, and hopefully i'll have the time to get my technicians license in the near future.

(sorry for the slight derail - we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread)

 

[BrandoEMT]

I've drank some Hams before...beer that is...sorry but some of your Ham Radio species are complete goons...I know that is stereotyping and not always true but what I have worked with they are...

 

[Guardian]

Got my Extra a year ago. Ham radio guys are cool because they can communicate under emergency conditions when all other communication is down

 

[Jon]

I've drank some Hams before...beer that is...sorry but some of your Ham Radio species are complete goons...I know that is stereotyping and not always true but what I have worked with they are...

Yeah... I can second that...

This is a picture of the POV of one of the guys who does the "sweep" for the MS150 City To Shore Bike Ride.

Yeah... Imagine following this in an ambulance... And he has an (illegal) siren

 

[Jon]

So...

Why are so many members amateur radio types? Is EMTlife the geeky side of EMS? Is this regular or not?

 

[Raf]

Radio communications is a vital skill in EMS. It must look good on a resume to have HAM operations background.

 

[joemt]

I had the required opportunity to get my HAM license when I worked as the Emergency Management Coordinator of a Hospital....I have never used it, but you can see my call sign at the bottom of my tagline.

 

[FFEMT1764]

I am glad to see that many of us value the Amateur radio service as an inportant part of our lives, after all, the hams are the only ones with working radios when we have ices storms here (gotta love our new,fancy, high dollar, USELESS 800Mhz system--Thanks FEMA!!!) not to mention the various alternate power sources we all seem to have floating around...

 

[Chimpie]

I obtained my license when I was the Comms. Coordinator for our county (back in 1997). Again, only got for emergency use.

 

[dizzymedic]

Ham operators are vital to EMS. When I worked for the red cross, we had a Ham operator assigned to every district in case of disaster. I never had the chance to take the training tought.

 

[Jon]

Bump!

For the new folks who like to "ham it up" etc...

 

[m33kr0b]

As I posted in the whacker thread. I am KD8DLF no tech code since April 2006(I am a newb). I got into ham because my uncle and cousin got me into it. Since then I have joined RACES, Search and Rescue, and Skywarn. It was working with Paramedics in SAR that I became interested in the field. So amateur radio was my gateway to EMS.

Josh

 

[KEVD18]

kb1mob(soon to be k1kwd)

code??? forget about it. no clue!! waiting for them to drop the code requirment to get my general

yaesu ft-7800r in the truck
yaesu vx-6r for the field

 

[Jon]

yaesu ft-7800r in the truck
yaesu vx-6r for the field

I have a Kenwood TM-V7A - probably soon to be a Kenwood TM-D700 in the car (the Blue display stinks for driving).

I just bought a secondhand VX-7R over the summer. I LOVE it... I've electronically free-banded to have it as a backup at work, and I really like the "submergible" feature.... I'm sure I'll be testing that sooner or later.