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Amateur Radio Anyone?
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Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:52 pmby 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?
Re: Amateur Radio Anyone?
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:53 amby 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
Re: Amateur Radio Anyone?
Posted:
Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:55 pmby 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
Re: Amateur Radio Anyone?
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Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:39 pmby 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)
Re: Amateur Radio Anyone?
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Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:13 pmby flyboy 28
I've never transmitted, but my scanner picks up ham freqs. There's always some sort of interesting conversation going on.
Re: Amateur Radio Anyone?
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Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:39 amby 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
Re: Amateur Radio Anyone?
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Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:51 amby BFMF
I got my little ICOM handheld last night, now I just need to figure out how to use it...
