[backwoods-engineer]

Congrats. I've been in this hobby since I was 14, and I'm pushing fifty. There are so many rewarding aspects to it, both technical and personal.

Welcome to the ham fraternity. Now go join the ARRL.

[tbw2]

The ARRL automatically sends out an invitation to new ham radio operators.
My son passed the exam a couple weeks ago for Scouts, and we automatically received a membership application for the group.

[jaydee770]

Thank you!

As soon as my call posts, I’m headed over to ARRL and QRZ for a start. The VE’s said they go straight to the FCC to file it nowadays, so I *may* have my call as early as today or tomorrow.

I remember back in the 70’s when you had to (ahem, “had to”) have a CB license, it seems like it took a couple of months to get it. I wish I still had that paper license, just for nostalgia. I can’t even remember the call.