Shipbucket

... when you realize someone broke into your truck and stole your $500 ham radio.

To say I'm pissed is an understatement.

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What a nasty christmas non-gift I'll hope either the thief will get catched or - if not - he will burn his fingers off

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I'd be hoping for a repeat attempt while watching from nearby with a large-gauge shotgun.
Hope the local police find him after something horrible happens to him, but not to your radio.

I'll never see the radio again. I was parked in the driveway at my grandmother's house in her neighborhood -- the area has gotten worse and worse with each passing year. I've got the radio serial number and whatnot so I'll be filing a police report tomorrow morning. After that I can file an insurance claim and recover the cost. I've also listed the model and serial # on several ham radio sites that track stolen radios. Since it's a ham radio it's only useful for the ham bands. These assholes stole a really powerful radio, but they can't talk to anyone except hams on it.

The best part is that they cut the power supply wires short of the inline fuses; if they try to transmit on high power without those fuses and there's a slight fluctuation in the power supply, I've heard the radio can burn itself up. I hope that happens to the bastards.

This happened the ONE night I left the truck unlocked. I have the worst luck. I used to have a "no valuable things in my truck" rule, but had to leave that by the way-side when I got the radio. The antenna on top of the vehicle is a big dead give away for "here, come steal an expensive radio!"

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Sorry to hear what happenned mate.

Fate has a way of catching up with those who do wrong..if that is any consolation.

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Murphy's Law, by the book.

And, you don't use radio with remove panel ?

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Nobody expects the Imperial Inquisition!

Yea.. I don't leave my cars doors unlocked even when I visit my parents who usually leave their bloody house unlocked
...expect if im drunk or otherwise absent-minded

But pardon my ignorance, but what is Ham radio?

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It's amateur, licensed, two-way, radio that in the US opperates on a variety of bands.

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Not just the US. There are amateurs world wide. The majority of my family hold licences here.

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I know they opperate everywhere, but I could only find the frequency sheet for the US.

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