Morse Code Pink

Welcome to 2010!

Inspired by the creative mind over at The People’s Cube – new words definitely likely possibly coming into our rich ham radio jargon…

More are likely to be added over time…

• Contesticles – body part responsible for giving one the fortitude to endure 48 hours of rote, non-stop, repetitive exchanges of trivial information 
• Dela-nowhere – an imaginary state in W3-land that, despite its fictional status, is nonetheless required in order to achieve ARRL’s WAS award.
• Dipolarized – the process of having been divided into two camps, each believing their own term is the correct one for a certain antenna – dipole or doublet
• Hertz – that pain you feel when you touch an AC-energized electrical component
• Morse Code Pink – an organization devoted to eliminating CW as an amateur radio communications mode
• Mutual Outductance - electrical characteristic displayed by a torroidal transformer with one winding wound in the improper sense (DOH!)
• QRPrection – that exciting male-only event that occurs when a new low-powered radio kit is announced
• Radiofactive – said of one who speaks knowledgably of wireless communications
• SDR Radio – “Some Don’t Read-Radio”, the non-communicative type of radio practiced when you try to get Rocky and a software-defined radio to work with Windows Vista, learning later that the manual clearly states that it is incompatible with that O/S
• Shamateur Radio – echo-link and other radio-free modes of communication
• WhisperNyet – the process of loudly proclaiming your WSPR accomplishments on WSPRnet.org and other blogs

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2 Responses to “New words for a new decade in ham radio”

1. W2LJ says:

   January 4, 2010 at 12:28 pm

   John,

   Love “Shamateur Radio” !!! And what is it when your that “new’ QRP kit is all sold out? QRPrejection ????

   HNY es 73 de Larry W2LJ
2. Paul WW2PT says:

   January 4, 2010 at 12:41 pm

   LOL! Great photo…