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!
Thank you — and I think they are just having some fun. They actually got me thinking of firing up the smoker sometime this week! Ha!
Thinking about it some more, smoking some meat, tending to the cooker for hours and working some contacts while you are at it seems like it may be a pretty good combination!
That could be a youtube channel!