Early next month,I have to make a couple of journeys to the west country,and as my car is suffering breathing problems,ie:the turbo is tatered,it looks as if I shall have to use the 9000S.So I wondered,if I stick the 2meter in the car, would there be any other hams with a Saab leaning likely to be on the air,or am I the sadest of all??

That's a big ten-four old buddy.
What's your handle?

Good gods! A two metre ham! What size of a pig did that come off ?

Is everyone invited to this barbeque then, Mike ?

PS On the basis that groups of blokes (even females can be considered blokes for this argument) with a shared enthusiasm verging on the obsessive, can be considered "sad", then a subset of those blokes with a second shared obses .., er enthusiasm, have got to be considered doubly sad. Stands to reason.

You don't mind if the rest of us just stand here and watch for a bit, do you ? We might giggle and point as well, but just ignore us.

Anyway, I'm off to stuff some ferrets down me trousers. Anyone else up for a bit of ferreting around?

Gassy
we get bigger than that,up 160 meters,and yes ferret to your hearts content,in reply to StanleyB,CB is to ham radio,as Lada is to Saab.so whatever or whoever I find to talk to on the way back from Lynmouth,I doubt I shall be talking Saab
Mike

Actually, my brother is a ham (hammist?, hammisti?) and his friend, called CQ for some strange reason, sends him postcards from around the world.

I think his furthest contact, from Scotland, has been the British Antartic Survey, bouncing signals of some Ionic Sphere, apparently.

Gassy.regards to your brother,I too call CQ but he rarely answers,my brother converted me to amateur radio , but I have spoken to him only once via the air waves,mind he does live in New Zealand.i have spoken to a saab enthusiast in Los Angeles whilst he was on the Santa Monica Freeway on his way to work.