You might be a Redneck if you:

• buy a commercially made wire dipole antenna
• build a wire dipole yourself and proudly refer to it as "homebrew"
• insist on calling our hobby "ham" radio
• call a repeater's courtesy tone a "roger beep"
• use any 10 codes on the amateur bands
• say "73s," "seven-thirds," "them good numbers," or any other variations of "73"
• talk about "SWRs" or "swars"
• say "radidio"
• say "QSL" instead of "Roger"
• reference "shooting skip" on the amateur bands
• refer to all RF amplifiers as "linears" or "lin-yers"
• wonder what those funny beeps are on the repeater about every 10 minutes
• end each sentence with "there"
• use "personal" instead of "handle" or "name"
• refer to hearing "skip" on two meters (or above)
• use "cut" call signs
• refer to a fixed-station radio as a "base"
• call any amateur frequency a "channel"
• operate an uncoordinated repeater
• operate a repeater with reverse autopatch
• consider 440 MHz "the real" amateur band
• have a repeater that IDs with a different call sign each time
• place your amateur radio operator's license in jeopardy by operating non-FCC-type-accepted amateur radio equipment on frequencies outside the amateur bands (other than MARS or CAP frequencies) even if you know no one may ever find out
• violate Part 97.113 by sending messages using codes intended to obscure the meaning thereof
  

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