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The New Hamband Song
Words and music: Andrew John Huddleston
Key C
Style: Paris
When we're on the air we´re inclined to declare
That our station is second to none
They hear us, oh yeah!
Here and there, everywhere
And isn't ham radio fun?
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Di di di dit Hotel
Di dah Alpha
Dah dah Mexico
Dah di di dit Bravo
Di dah Alpha
Dah dit November
Dah di dit Delta
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Key B
But if truth be told our equipment is old
Our antennas are falling apart
Our interest went cold
But then lo and behold
We had a fire, so we made a new start
Rebuild
Di dah dit Romeo
Dit Echo
Dah di di dit Bravo
Di di dah Uniform
Di dit India
Di dah di dit Lima
Dah di dit Delta
Rebuild
Key Bb
We had no doubt, we tore everything out
There was no point in fooling around
It's fitting and proper to bury some copper
Creating a centralized ground
Ground
Dah dah dit Golf
Di dah dit Romeo
Dah dah dah Oscar
Di di dah Uniform
Dah dit November
Dah di dit Delta
Ground
Key A
The mere thought of lightning is terribly frightening
A direct hit can skin you alive
The future is brightening, those arrestors are heightening
The chance that the rigs will survive
Arrestor
Di dah Alpha
Di dah dit Romeo
Di dah dit Romeo
Dit Echo
Di di dit Sierra
Dah Tango
Dah dah dah Oscar
Di dah dit Romeo
Arrestor
Key Ab
Identity labels on all of those cables
And hide them down under the floor
As far as we're able keep junk off the tables
Just take a look through this door
Shipshape
Di di dit Sierra
Di di di dit Hotel
Di dit India
Di dah dah dit Papa
Di di dit Sierra
Di di di dit Hotel
Di dah Alpha
Di dah dah dit Papa
Dit Echo
Shipshape
Key G
Most of the gear is found close to the central ground,
Tidy and out of the way
All functions clearly seen on parallel touch-screens
Each station has its own display
Control
Dah di dah dit Charlie
Dah dah dah Oscar
Dah dit Nancy
Dah Tango
Di dah dit Romeo
Dah dah dah Oscar
Di dah di dit Lima
Control
Key F#
For world domination we need a great station
Guests quickly can learn how to use
So we fought the temptation
Of the new innovations
And it's workhorse transceivers we choose
Reliable
Di dah dit Romeo
Dit Echo
Di dah di dit Lima
Di dit India
Di dah Alpha
Dah di di dit Bravo
Di da di dit Lima
Dit Echo
Reliable
Key F
But please don´t berate us and don't underrate us
Our SDR beauty's right there
State of the art
It appeals to the heart
We fell in love with it right from the start
SD Radio
Di di dit Sierra
Dah di dit Delta
Di dah dit Romeo
Di dah Alpha
Dah di dit Delta
Di dit India
Dah dah dah Oscar
SD Radio
Key E
Instrumental where style changes to Vienna
Key Eb
These linears are champs and wonderful amplifiers
They totally kill qrm
Keep temperatures higher so who needs a campfire,
These amps are the crème de la crème
Linear1K
Di dah di dit Lima
Di dit India
Dah dit November
Dit Echo
Di dah Alpha
Di dah dit Romeo
Di dah dah dah dah One
Dah di dah Kilo
Linear one kilowatt
Key D
Now don't get deranged about making a band-change
Foolproof and fail-safe, sure as hell
No need to prearrange multiplier interchange
If you can hear signals, all's well
Magical
Dah dah Mexico
Di dah Alpha
Dah dah di Golf
Di dit India
Dah di dah dit Charlie
Di dah Alpha
Di dah di dit Lima
Magical
Key C#
The main HF yagi's on top of the tower
Four elements extend and retract
A hundred feet high in the qso shower
Performing its magical act
HF Yagi
Di di di dit Hotel
Di di dah dit Foxtrot
Dah di dah dah Yankee
Di dah Alpha
Dah dah dit Golf
Di dit India
HF Yagi
Key C
No compromise, it's a sight for sore eyes
A 3 element yagi for forty
The monster's full size, the front to back's a surprise
And the gain figures, well, they're just naughty!
3 ele 40
Di di di dah dah 3
Dit Echo
Di dah di dit Lima
Dit Echo
Di di di di dah 4
Dah dah dah dah dah 0
3 element for forty
Key C#
The dream team's dream seemed perhaps a little extreme
They wanted a yagi on eighty
A beautiful beam, its performance supreme
It's stylish, enormous and weighty
2 element for eighty
Di di dah dah dah 2
Dit Echo
Di dah di dit Lima
Dit Echo
Dah dah dah di dit 8
Dah dah dah dah dah 0
2 element for 80
Key D
64 radials under the vertical
The digging's a burden to bear
Tired, hot and sweaty watch titanium spaghetti
Whip sixty-six feet in the air
Vertical
Di di di dah Victor
Dit Echo
Di dah dit Romeo
Dah Tango
Di dit India
Dah di dah dit Charlie
Di dah Alpha
Di dah di dit Lima
Vertical
Key Eb
Good old Kev's a magician, a welding technician
Sings country much better than I
In eighty man-hours he built our great one-man tower
That soars sixty feet into the sky
Peacock
Di dah dah dit Papa
Dit Echo
Di dah Alpha
Dah di dah dit Charlie
Dah dah dah Oscar
Dah di dah dit Charlie
Dah di dah Kilo
Peacock
Key E
And it's really a treat to see five hundred feet
Of ladder-line spanning the land
A Beverage is sweet when we're taking the heat
On top band or any low band
Beverage
Dah di di dit Bravo
Dit Echo
Di di di dah Victor
Dit Echo
Di dah dit Romeo
Di dah Alpha
Dah dah dit Golf
Dit Echo
Beverage
Key F
Instrumental - style changes to German oompah
Key F#
A log program, the cluster, they're really a must
A network so we're all up to date
Teamwork means trust and we'd surely go bust
If we were unable to communicate
Network
Dah dit November
Dit Echo
Dah Tango
Di dah dah Whisky
Dah dah dah Oscar
Di dah dit Romeo
Dah di dah Kilo
Network
Key G
OK we heard you all bitchin' so we put in a kitchen
A bedroom and a bathroom as well
The view is bewitchin’ so we hope you're all itchin’
To blow the all our rivals to hell
Visit us
Di di di dah Victor
Di dit India
Di di dit Sierra
Di dit India
Dah Tango
Di di dah Uniform
Di di dit Sierra
Visit us
Key Ab
The world watched with interest when we tried our first contest
The team had no need to complain
Soaring above the rest, people were most impressed
And we all had a glass of champagne
Contest
Dah di dah dit Charlie
Dah dah dah Oscar
Dah dit November
Dah Tango
Dit Echo
Di di dit Sierra
Dah Tango
Contest
Key A
But isn't it high time we told you our callsign
Our callsign is oh zed five eeee
We'll watch the greyline so signals’ll be five and nine
Incredible, don't you agree
Dah dah dah Oscar
Dah da di dit Zulu
Di di di di dit Five
Dit Echo
Dah dah dah Oscar
Dah da di dit Zulu
Di di di di dit Five
Dit Echo
Oscar zulu five echo
Key Bb
We just couldn't hide it although we denied it
Our hidden agenda of course
Our audience is brainwashed with ham radio hogwash
And now you all understand morse
7388
Dah dah di di dit Seven
Di di di dah dah Three
Dah dah dah di dit Eight
Dah dah dah di dit Eight
73 and 88
Key B
There’s just one little detail at the end of the trail
5 numbers and letters were missed (from the morse code)
Perfection, all hail, unpronounceable they'll
Be finally crossed off the list
Di dah dah dah Japan
Dah dah di dah Quebec
Dah di di dah X-ray
Dah di di di dit 6
Dah dah dah dah dit 9
JQX69
Key C
When we're on the air we´re inclined to declare
That our station is second to none
They hear us, oh yeah!
Here and there, everywhere
And isn't ham radio fun?
Di di di dit Hotel
Di dah Alpha
Dah dah Mexico
Dah di di dit Bravo
Di dah Alpha
Dah dit November
Dah di dit Delta
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