Ham radio friend of mine has had to deal with game wardens *multiple* times in the Sierras trying to give him a ticket for having a fishing pole, because he had a collapsible radio mast, so he just bought a fishing license.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

Ham radio friend of mine has had to deal with game wardens *multiple* times in the Sierras trying to give him a ticket for having a fishing pole, because he had a collapsible radio mast, so he just bought a fishing license. So now he just hands them the fishing license to avoid having to spend 30 minutes explaining what ham radio is. #hamradio

[rombat@sfba.social]

@ai6yr Wow. No reel. No tackle. Still has to explain?

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@rombat Yep, pulled out his FCC license several times, showed the radio, apparently scowling game wardens who didn't believe him.

[moritzboth@chaos.social]

@ai6yr getting a ham radio license to avoid ticket when you are fishing would be more difficult.

[chuckmcmanis@chaos.social]

@ai6yr @rombat

Maybe he's fishing for electric fish, huh? Didn't expect THAT did ya.

[msbellows@c.im]

@ChuckMcManis @ai6yr @rombat But a mast is not a fishing pole. It's just not. It's like saying tent campers are getting harassed over their tentpoles, or plumbers for illegal firearms for having pipe.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@msbellows @ChuckMcManis @rombat I think it's one of these

Carbon-6 ultra-light 6 m (19.6 ft) mast

Find great deals at SOTABEAMS for ultra-compact portable masts. Shop Portable Antennas and Accessories for Amateur Radio/Ham Radio with confidence.

SOTABEAMS (www.sotabeams.co.uk)

[msbellows@c.im]

@ai6yr @ChuckMcManis @rombat
1. Thank you
2. THERE ARE NO FERRULES! IT HAS NO FERRULES! Aaargh.

[mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info]

@msbellows @ai6yr @ChuckMcManis @rombat You may know this, but since plenty of hams don't yet, I'll "be that guy" with some trepidation...

Tenkara fishing poles have no ferrules, just a fixed line, and the carbon fiber push-up masts we have generally are rebranded tenkara poles. I own two SOTA-6 masts, and they have exactly the same tie at the end as the much larger poles that I bought branded as fishing poles. (The POTA33H might be an exception to this rule, and that might be related to it being significantly more expensive — fewer economies of scale...)

I've "taken the bait" and talked enthusiastically to the ranger for 30 minutes about ham radio and POTA and how it is getting more people out into the parks to use, enjoy, and celebrate them. Though, so far, not about a fishing license. Just "I may have to ask you to leave," and so far successfully...

[msbellows@c.im]

@mcdanlj @ai6yr @ChuckMcManis @rombat I want to be a curmudgeon about this but that's actually really really interesting and I'm looking forward to reading more about tenkara, damn you.

[mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info]

@msbellows @ai6yr @ChuckMcManis @rombat I apologize, but only a little bit, for the youtube rabbit fishing hole you are about to find yourself in.

[sarae@ecoevo.social]

@mcdanlj @msbellows @ai6yr @ChuckMcManis @rombat I was being good and not getting into the weeds (because your lure will get stuck there) but lol I don't have to go very far down thread before someone's like, but tenkara!

[mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info]

@sarae @msbellows @ai6yr @ChuckMcManis @rombat Speaking of getting stuck in the weeds, you should see my QRP EDC throw weight for putting a wire in a tree:

Amazon.com

(www.amazon.com)

Activating POTA QRP by trying to hunt P2P QRP is so much like fishing that maybe I really should have a fishing license!

[msbellows@c.im]

@mcdanlj @sarae @ai6yr @ChuckMcManis @rombat WTAF? Why doesn't the hook get caught in whatever you're punching that weight through?

[mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info]

@msbellows @sarae @ai6yr @ChuckMcManis @rombat I have no idea, I haven't fished since I was so young I didn't need a license! That's been a long time.

Thinking about this, actually it gets worse, I use UHMWPE braided fishing line as my throw line for my lightweight QRP rig.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@mcdanlj @msbellows @sarae @ChuckMcManis @rombat lol is that a random-Chinese-brand name?

[mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info]

@ai6yr @msbellows @sarae @ChuckMcManis @rombat Ultra-High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene, the generic name for spectra or dyneema.

[msbellows@c.im]

@mcdanlj @ai6yr @sarae @ChuckMcManis @rombat I once drilled a hole through a golf ball, tied on some fishing line, and brought a 4-iron as a way of getting a line to the other side of a river during my mountain rescue unit's annual highline training exercise. There was too much brush on my side of the river to even get a clear shot, however. Fifteen years later this still disappoints me.