Here in central CA, we have a Ham Radio Sunday Night Packet net on 2m VHF. You can read about it on my Ham Radio page:
http://www.varmintal.com/ahamp.htm
TTUL...73...Al...WB6YNM...SK
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
LOL, I was looking for pictures of delicious hams and recipes!
I guess I was wrong.
Hamstock
ARL FIFTY SIX NEW LICENSE X 73
We’ve had a boom in new licensees in our area and a lot of them are interested in emergency communications. Welcome!
I love smoked ham, and was disappointed to find that THIS was not about food!
Congratulations! I aced my technician class exam, but couldn’t quite make the general as I had not studied for it.
But you are correct - the entry level exam is easy-peasy.
Excellent! I am now studying electronics online. (CIE.) I would love to hear more about the licenses, the process, your equipment and your successes!
Welcome to the ham fraternity. Now go join the ARRL.
...and cell service only within range & powered up.
Prepper? ...got a home generator?
I got my advanced class in 79. I don’t even know if they still have that class. Since we have cell phones, e mail, face time, Skype, I just kind of lost interest in Ham radio, but I won’t let my license expire.
Congratulations! My father was a ham for over 60 years.
No more Morse code?....................
I had a SSB CB radio in my car back in my Minnesota days. Nearly every morning on my drive to work in St. Paul, I could chat with another SSB guy in Toronto, Ontario...
Congratulations! The quality of idiot responses prove that you’ve already entered a fraternity of communicators who have broadened their skills and gained access to the world through free and unrestrained communications. That’s a little more noteworthy than stuffing ones gut!
Having been licensed for 50 years I can assure you there is no end to the ability to learn and expand your horizons. Today in fact, a group of hams are attempting to reflect signals off the Solar Sail, having determined that has suitable dimensions to be resonant in the HF spectrum. Ham Radio is science anyone can understand, do, and afford.
If you master the art of HF communications, you will have the ability to communicate over long distances (even globally) using simple equpment and techniques that you can apply anywhere that will work when nothing else (especially cellular and internet systems) fail. That alone should reward your efforts thus far - welcome aboard the airwaves!
If in the article I ‘missed’ it.
Do you have to pass a CW test (Morse Code)?
As to the Hams, even as MM shipboard Ops they were called Amateur’s.....
To get a Hams goat, I used to tell them I couldn’t ‘talk’ to them because I wasn’t an amateur, I was a Professional.
Guess I will get in ‘trouble’ for having Ham and goat next to each other.....
Just can’t get away from discussing Muslims and Sex???
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
Congrats. Passing all 3 at once is not easy, only 1 person in hubby’s ham club has ever done it. Most do it in stages.
Hubby is the Ham, he is Extra, and teaches the math portion when they do an Extra class. As that is what he taught in both the Navy and as a Prof at a Jr. College for a total of 40 yrs.
Now if you are interested you can get into the Emergency Operations end. They do a tremendous job during disasters when normal communications are down.
Congratulations!
I am going to be starting my study and plan to invest 30 min to an hour per week day over the next few months. Do you have a recommendation for a good study guide?
ARRL Field Day is the last weekend of this month. Find a local club and join in on the fun.
I passed Novice and Technician back in the 1950s. Both expired while I was overseas with the Air Force. I got back into ham radio after I retired from the AF. Operated as a Technician for several years, then decided to go for Extra. Passed it at the Dayton Hamvention.
FWIW, the Advanced class license is no longer issued. However, those who had them can still operate on them, until they expire. My brother operates as and Advanced class holder. However, he'll eventually have to upgrade to Extra.