Ethan J. A. Schoonover
caught her in the act of trying to transmit on my #hamradio unlicensed (she's failed her license test twice)
Jan 4 at 5:02amFedica
Show threadWillJan 4
@ethanschoonover
A spy. No question.
Show threadDavid CroyleJan 4
@ethanschoonover On FT8, no one ever knows if you're really a cat...
Show threadLot⁴⁹Jan 4
@ethanschoonover CQ! CQ!
Show threadComrade WeezJan 4
@ethanschoonover it's legal if you're the control operator
Show threadEthan J. A. SchoonoverJan 4
@weezmgk I *almost* put this in joke too, since I believe strongly in actually getting new folks on the air this way.
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKJan 5

@ethanschoonover @weezmgk

I was listening to the local 2m repeater on my scanner a few years back, someone was randomly keying up and one of the hams came back on air to apologise saying he had gone out to get food from the kitchen leaving his cat in the shack and she was jumping up on a desk mic and pressing the PTT button 😸

Show threadDan 🌻Jan 4
@ethanschoonover is she trying to find the ham in the ham radio?
Show threadMade me smile 🫧Jan 4
@ethanschoonover sir, this is a squirrel
Show threadChris MillsJan 4
@ethanschoonover Tabbie Torties are the most exciting of cats. CQ CQ CQ *meow* !
Show threadAllan ChowJan 4
@ethanschoonover pspspsps
Show threadRachel RawlingsJan 5
@ethanschoonover Can't just leave a Morse key around for little paws to swat at. 😸
Show threadRich Puchalsky ⩜⃝Jan 5

@ethanschoonover

trying to boost the signal with a tail antenna

Show threadN3VEMJan 5
@ethanschoonover i can't believe no one made a joke about CAT control yet 😂
Show threadRockyJan 5
@ethanschoonover gotta keep an eye on that one. 
Show threadDan KB6NU 🇺🇦Jan 5
@ethanschoonover Don't tell any one *I* said this, but just have her memorize the answers.
Show threadKevin R JonesJan 5
@ethanschoonover My friend Greg KA9VDU used to have an old Heath kit and he said his cat loved laying on it during the winter.
Show threadJoseph GaeddertJan 5
@ethanschoonover is her callsign KM30W?