@colin@mastodon.colincogle.name
Post #2588023
2026-02-22 02:23 UTC
Rejected ham radio award ideas:
- Worked All States via Walmart Parking Lots on the Air.
- VHF/UHF Century Club with a first-revision Baofeng UV-5R or other non-brand name radios (communicate with spurious emissions only).
- Worked All Germany via DAPNET paging.
- International CW DX Contest (mobile, must be driving)
- ARRL DXCC (Brandmeister Worldwide talkgroup endorsement).
- QRZ World Radio Friendship but you’re both drunk (extra points per mutual drink)
- Changing Rooms on the Air SSTV Contest
- World Wide Award (SSB, Pig Latin endorsement)
- Worked All Diseases and Ailments (all contacts must be made on 7.200 LSB)
#amateurradio #hamradio #radiosport
Replies (3)
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@helix2301@twit.social 2026-02-22 03:04
@colin@mastodon.colincogle.name can I get nominated for Worked All States via Walmart Parking Lots on the Air :)
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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange 2026-02-22 03:44
@colin@mastodon.colincogle.name CBCBCWW - Cracker Barrel Citizen’s Band CW from a Winnebego
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@scott@mastodon.clitheroe.ca 2026-02-22 04:10
@colin@mastodon.colincogle.name I'm oddly prepared for Worked All Diseases, on account of my extensive work on alternative phonetic alphabets. This is revision 1.1, promulgated August 30, 2024.