Cats and Ham Radio Anecdotes

[W5NNH]

I'm compiling a collection of anecdotes concerning cats and ham radio. Specifically, I'm looking for stories where a cat has been "naughty" with ham radio (non-sexual!). Things like, "I was trying to work a rare grid-square on 6m when my cat did <fill-in-the-blank>." or something similar.

Ultimately, if things go well, I'll post them on a blog, with callsign attribution for each story. Once I have the blog setup, I'll post the URL here.

To start with:

When I first received my Technician license, back in 1997, my ex-XYL and I had a long-haired brown tabby named Maxine. I was putting my first 2m antenna up, a homebrew contraption using an SO-239 and a couple of coat-hangers, when Maxine decided she had to investigate. From that point on, we figured that non of my antennas would work properly if they were not first blessed by a cat.

73 de W5NNH

 

[AK9R]

Things like, "I was trying to work a rare grid-square on 6m when my cat did <fill-in-the-blank>."

This one's easy.

"I was trying to work a rare DX station when my cat coughed up a hairball on my amplifier."

Cats seem to always pull the hairball trick at the most inopportune moments.

 

[W5NNH]

Umm...wow! Did kitteh get a bit of a shock after that?

 

[SigIntel8600]

I'm compiling a collection of anecdotes concerning cats and ham radio. Specifically, I'm looking for stories where a cat has been "naughty" with ham radio (non-sexual!). Things like, "I was trying to work a rare grid-square on 6m when my cat did <fill-in-the-blank>." or something similar.

Ultimately, if things go well, I'll post them on a blog, with callsign attribution for each story. Once I have the blog setup, I'll post the URL here.

To start with:

When I first received my Technician license, back in 1997, my ex-XYL and I had a long-haired brown tabby named Maxine. I was putting my first 2m antenna up, a homebrew contraption using an SO-239 and a couple of coat-hangers, when Maxine decided she had to investigate. From that point on, we figured that non of my antennas would work properly if they were not first blessed by a cat.

73 de W5NNH

My cat likes to chew on my HT antennas.

 

[W8RMH]

Check out Universal Radio in Columbus, Ohio. They have numerous cats which have free run of the showroom, shops, warehouse, and offices. It is normal for a cat to jump on the counter as you are looking at a radio or paying for your purchase. I'm sure they would love to share some stories with you.

Universal Radio shortwave, amateur, scanner and CB radio since 1942

http://www.universal-radio.com/tour4.html

http://www.universal-radio.com/cats.html

 

[W5NNH]

Thanks for the lead!

I'm working on the blog (to be located at Index of /w/w5nnh) and also giving the YL (an artist) some ideas for some of her art. [grin]