I Love Ham Radio

Dear Ham Radio, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways

1. The excitement of working a rare DXCC entity
2. The rush of a good QSO run in a contest
3. The camaraderie of the (mostly) wonderful ham community
4. Hearing a familiar voice on the repeater
5. Randomly working a friend down the road on HF
6. The joy and eagerness of the new hams
7. The wisdom and guidance of the old hams (like Gandalf guiding the dwarves); thank you all, you know who you are!
8. Successfully locating the fox
9. Slowly turning the dial to compensate for Doppler effect
10. Learning about propagation
11. Learning about electronics and RF design
12. Building new equipment
13. Fixing old equipment
14. Building antennas
15. Logbook of the World
16. PSK-31
17. Hamfests!