Posted: 9/27/2011 6:48:39 PM EDT
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Passed my Tech tonight. Thanks to those who posted the study sites and can't wait to get started.
ETA 10/09/2011 - KD2AXK, not up and running yet but will be as soon as I get the 440 and 220 gear my father is giving me. Thanks again guys |
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I will get to inherit most of my father's 2 meter and 440 gear and am going to try and get his original call sign.
My first job will be to rehab his old repeater. Thanks for the support guys and I look forward to talking with a bunch of you as soon as I get things set up. |
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First, WELCOME to both of you new guys to ham radio!!! Congrats! I think Arfcom has done more than its fair share in encouraging the growth of ham radio! Oh, yes we have... 
This I'm going to second with a big FUCK YEAH! Between AR-Jedi's Ham 101 thread and just reading all yall's" tales of adventure on the radio" and seeing the practical aspect of being able to communicate without using cellphones and whatnot-I was hooked. I should have done this back in 92' when I was playing around in the MARS shack out to sea, but there were other things to occupy my time then (dumbass  ). But I learn something new here everytime I log on. My VE's were a great bunch of guys and told me to stop by anytime and all the time and they would teach me more. All of them new my old Elmer who passed recently, so we spent time reminiscing about him after the test.
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Passed my Tech tonight. Thanks to those who posted the study sites and can't wait to get started. 
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Congrats!! I passed mine tonight, also and got an antenna for my HT to go on the roof for now.
Welcome to a wonderful hobby. There are so many facets to it that you will never be able to do them all. Find something that interests you and pursue it. Got a question? Ask. The knowledge base is deep here. |
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And you think gun hobbie is expensive you aint seen nuttin yet 
Oh and the antenna funny farm. Birds find my back yard to be hazardous. Any one up for 2 meter J pole assembly parties? You wanna know who has an extensive antenna farm? ART BELL, that's who! (Art Bell, from coast to coast AM fame.) 
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Didnt he move to the Philipines? Yup. Married a chicky-snack Philipina, spent a year or two trying to get her permanent status here in the US, then was told he had to start all over again. Sorta pisses you off when you think of all those 'immigrants' coming over the southern border. But you see, he didn't have that option: being a celebrity (no matter how much you dislike him, he IS a celeb of sorts), and a celebrity that takes a somewhat anti-establishment slant, he couldn't afford to have an illegal alien with him. |