How
cold is it? (revised 7/98)
An
annotated thermometer (amended for amateur radio, KL7J).
50F - Miami rotators need heat applied
40 - Californians guywires shiver
uncontrollably
Wisconsinites go on field day
35 - Italian coax breaks
32 - Clean Water freezes
30 - You can see your breath freezing to the
tower
You plan your DX vacation to Australia
Wisconsinites put on field day jackets
25 - Californians turn on car heater instead
of radio
Wisconsinites think of antenna projects
Cat tries sleeping on your radio
20 - You can hear the antenna rotator groan
Miami residents plan DX vacation
further South
Canadians enjoy outdoor operating field
day
15 - You plan a DX vacation in Mexico
sometime this winter
Cat insists sleeping on your radio
10 - California coax breaks
Minnesota hams finish up antenna work
Alaskans still building antennas before
winter
5 -
You turn on your amp to heat the shack
You look up to see why the antenna seems
slow rotating
Ice detunes your yagi
0 -
Mobile radio LCD will not work
Alaskans put on flannel shirts
Coax freezes to the side of the house
-15 - Alaskans build a field day igloo
North Dakota hams turn heat on in
shack
Miami hams cease to exist
-20 - Cat moves to sleeping on the amp
Reading the technical manual becomes
informative
Wisconsinites note mild antenna icing
-25 - Too cold to operate without feet on keyed
amp
You need more than a new country to
get DX'ers excited
You burn the old radio ads for heat
-30 - You scrape ice off the inside of the
shack windows
You think of metal fatigue as the tower
groans
You learn something new reading the small
print in the manuals
-40 - Californian hams disappear
Wisconsinites note antenna rotators
freezing
Canadians decide to stop antenna work
-50 - Congressional hot air about band
reallocation freezes
Alaskans note the shack window has ice
on the inside
Minnesota hams stay inside to read radio
Magazines
-80 - Alaskan rotators freeze (-82 F recorded
in Alaska!)
Alaskan coax breaks if moved
You ask your travel agent for a DX
vacation in Burmuda