Amateur Radio Anyone?

[BFMF]

I took and passed the Amateur Radio - Technician exam tonight. They gave me the option to try to test the General exam also, but I hadn't studied for it. I tried anyway but was a few answers shy of passing. Oh well...

I never really thought about it untill one of my instructors offered to give us a quick class. We're already familiar with a lot of the electronic theory, so it didn't take much.

Anyone else here into Amateur Radio?

[JBaymore]

General Class  KA1HLI.  30 years or so.  Not much time for it laterly though.  Mainly 2 Meters in the car.

COngratulation on the pass.

best,

.............john

[BFMF]

Right on. I think i'm just just going to stick with the technician license for now. All I want is a triband handheld now, so there really isn't a point to test for General untill I want to get into more expensive, powerfull transciever equipment

[Capt.Propwash]

i have a 70cm Handheld radio, i believe 410.000-430.000 MHz, although I do not have any kind of license to operate it (dont need one to listen, just need one to transmit)


but I do have CB in the car, but then again anyone can have those.

CB Ch35 - "Crow" / #9 (around KCHS, Charleston, SC)

[flyboy 28]

I've never transmitted, but my scanner picks up ham freqs. There's always some sort of interesting conversation going on.

[jrocky]

I took and passed the Amateur Radio - Technician exam tonight. They gave me the option to try to test the General exam also, but I hadn't studied for it. I tried anyway but was a few answers shy of passing. Oh well...

I never really thought about it untill one of my instructors offered to give us a quick class. We're already familiar with a lot of the electronic theory, so it didn't take much.

Anyone else here into Amateur Radio?

Have been a ham for 51 years, K0HZI. Has been a great hobby that eventually led to two careers, one as a dispatcher for the state highway patrol for fifteen years and electronics technician the remainder of my working years. I get on almost every day on twenty meter PSK31 (14.071) sound card chat program over the air.

jrocky

[BFMF]

I got my little ICOM handheld last night, now I just need to figure out how to use it...