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speedhighway46
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Zonie: congratulations on getting your ham license! You will enjoy the many activities of the hobby. I have been a ham for 30 years and have many "on the air" friends. I also participate in some of the on the road and travel trailer nets. Good luck to you!
buckwilk
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For those in the Yuma area http://www.yumahamfest.org/
Patrick46
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Huh
it's funny that this came up as I've been seriously considering getting my HAM license too. I have a good friend who uses his daily.
it's funny that this came up as I've been seriously considering getting my HAM license too. I have a good friend who uses his daily.
eDJ_
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I have a bunch of friends from Boy Scout days who have been wanting me to take the test. I'm into short wave
and DX listening. Don't have a rig but they tell me that they can get me fixed up with something.
I've stayed up all night on many a field day and those have been some parties.
I remember us chasing down a cat as kids for one of his whiskers and tickling the galena crystal with it trying to get a signal. That's how long I've been into this stuff. We were told to leave the cat alone, so from then on
it was pencil lead on a single edge razor blade.
They are now giving the test at our local Radio Museum. Appalachia has some old old stuff and a collection of it is
here:
http://www.ohio.edu/people/postr/mrt/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Museum-of-Radio-and-Technology/111592658878216
and DX listening. Don't have a rig but they tell me that they can get me fixed up with something.
I've stayed up all night on many a field day and those have been some parties.
I remember us chasing down a cat as kids for one of his whiskers and tickling the galena crystal with it trying to get a signal. That's how long I've been into this stuff. We were told to leave the cat alone, so from then on
it was pencil lead on a single edge razor blade.
They are now giving the test at our local Radio Museum. Appalachia has some old old stuff and a collection of it is
here:
http://www.ohio.edu/people/postr/mrt/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Museum-of-Radio-and-Technology/111592658878216
HarmonicaBruce
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W8BBS here, as a hobby I took (and passed) every test the FCC issues, I'm a GMDSS operator/maintainet with radar endorsement (DB00000253). A week ago I was driving in Anaheim and passed a Ham Radio Outlet store so I stopped and bought a 2 meter kenwood. I have to say, in Anaheim there are some terrible un-licensed people with terminal potty mouth. I hope to be operating more in the near future.
I was monitoring and found a monday night net that had repeaters all over the country linked together. I was unable to break in, but I'll try to find it again in the future.
I was monitoring and found a monday night net that had repeaters all over the country linked together. I was unable to break in, but I'll try to find it again in the future.
HarmonicaBruce
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Patrick46 said:
Patrick, check out the practice test at www.eham.net/exams. Tou may be surprised at how well you do with no study at all. If you take it a few times you'll pass! I took it just now and barely passed.
ZoNiE said:
My great-grandmother had a bit of a pastime. Jumping the fence. She had several kids, few of which from her husband. It was a small town and people pretended he was the father for the sake of civility but everyone knew the real story.
Where am I going with this?
The neighbor's last name was Ham.
So, to answer your question, I am a Ham. But that's not what my birth certificate says.
Wait, did I get off topic?
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Has anyone mentioned to you that you have an extremely strange sense of humor?
Regards
John
Regards
John
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congrats on your license. I want to get mine but it's not high on the priority list at the moment. highdesertranger
High desert --- you should get your license. Free communication in the boonies when the cellphone will not work is a good idea. You have the technical knowledge to make it cheap and effective. And likely your process of getting up to useful speed with the tech will educate us all.
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I'm currently prepping for the test, using:
https://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/
I'm spending an hour a day on this site, and hope to be ready to take a test scheduled for the 20th.
Haven't decided yet whether to just get the Technician or go on to get the General license.
Right now, the plan is to get a mobile 2 meter / 70 cm rig for both direct connection and to use repeaters, and for that, all I need is the Technician.
Regards
John
https://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/
I'm spending an hour a day on this site, and hope to be ready to take a test scheduled for the 20th.
Haven't decided yet whether to just get the Technician or go on to get the General license.
Right now, the plan is to get a mobile 2 meter / 70 cm rig for both direct connection and to use repeaters, and for that, all I need is the Technician.
Regards
John
John - go for general. You need HF privileges to handle areas where there is no cellphone coverage. I was looking at okifinokee swamp area just north of Florida as a test. There are no repeaters for 50 miles. There is no cellphone coverage. If the gators surround you, you will not get out. Lol. -- just teasing but you can get the idea of why HF would be an advantage.
HarmonicaBruce
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My first license was general. But back then you needed to pass the morse code test. The morse code test was the hardest fcc test I took. There no longer is a morse code test.Goshawk said:
And of course ANYONE is allowed to transmit on any frequency or power level in a life or property emergency.
