A Ham Hijinks staff report
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Questions around U.S. President Barack Obama's recent
NPOOTA[1] activation have some Washington insiders vowing to prevent the
contacts from being confirmed.
U.S. President Barack Obama waves after activating the Georgetown Pizza Pit
using the recently installed Comet mobile antenna visible in the photo.
According to White House activity logs, Obama - who holds the callsign NOBMA[2]
- decided on a spontaneous pizza run Friday afternoon to the Georgetown Pizza
Pit. After finishing a Chicago-style pie and boxing up the leftovers to bring
home to his family, the president spent 45 minutes in the parking lot making 37
contacts. A spokesman says Mr. Obama uploaded the contacts to Logbook of the
Globe upon arriving back to the White House.
Republicans immediately began questioning the validity of the contacts. Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the QSOs are no good. "The antenna was 12
feet from the pizza oven, a clear violation of the rules, thus voiding any
contacts," said McConnell.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, holding the party line, remains firm in saying, "we
will not confirm any of the QSOs until after the new president is in place next
year, even for those that included green stamps in QSL envelopes."
At a Sacramento rally yesterday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
weighed in on the NPOOTA issue. "People are asking me about NPOOTA. They have
questions. And I will say this: it's a huge project. Everywhere I go, people
are asking about pizza oven activations. It's crazy. Make no mistake, they are
being activated," said Trump.
A spokesman says NPOOTA has "reenergized the president's interest in ham radio
and he plans to chase pizza oven activations for the remainder of his term"
using a G5RV recently installed at the White House[3].
### HamHijinks.com
[1] http://hamhijinks.com/nrrl-promotes-npoota/
[2] http://hamhijinks.com/obama-issued-embarrassing-ham-call-sign/
[3] http://hamhijinks.com/obama-disbands-park-service-installs-antenna/
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