Just passed General exam. Anyone else on Optiboard a Ham?
Congratulations !!!!!!!.
Years ago I had an Advanced class license, but the last few years it's been all SWL'ing. I do have a grandaughter that is getting interested and may join her in studying for another ticket.
dec 31st will be 50 years for me, licensed first in dec 1959 as a novice wv2jvg, one year later as a tech wv2jvg and a year later a general wa2jvg, since then i have been wd4knq, n7grr, n4ooi, and now k2mmx, back in those days jo you had to take all the tests in front of an fcc inspector at there headquarters in NYC
I was a ditty bopper in Japan and Nam. I understand you don't have to pass morse code requirements to get your ham license anymore. Is this true?
yes it is true, and i believe most unfortunate, as we are now seeing a whole lot more of ham radio operators that are not really interested in ham radio as much as they should be.
having a ham radio license got me in the USN as a three striper, instead of recruit, from there on you can guess who got to instruct cw
I have been avoiding HAM since the news stories about Swine Flu.
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IN all seriousness, this has always fascinated me and I do hope to take it up one day.
Passed the Extra exam, phew.
Nightrain,
It is interesting. Worth taking up even if you are shy about actually speaking with someone by voice because there is a ton of activity using digital modes that allow you to communicate using your PC to transmit text via data transmissions.
Alas, it is one of those things that life has pushed into a corner. Got my ticket around age 15, but I can't say I've pulled out a radio for the past 2 years.
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