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

kontiki wrote in message ...
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

John
N3LYB
student pilot (~70 Hours)
FME/FMFA

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

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 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.