How Many Amateur Radio Operators Here?

[Doug627]

I am going to take my Technician Class licensure test in about an hour. What are your call signs? What are your experiences? I'll let you know in a little while if I passed. My son asked me to take the test this past Monday. I got the study book Wednesday evening and I'm taking the test at 9:00 AM today (Saturday).
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[labworm]

Never got around to it. Good luck.

 

[DeadAye]

Been pretty much my whole life
K4B** here.
73

 

[mr-mom]

Best of luck to you and enjoy the wonderful experience of communicating around the globe. Don't stop at the Tech level, continue on to become a General Class or above.
73's
Dave
KY0X

 

[Ogandydancer]

Advance class now for several years KJ4**.

73's es good luck

 

[policerevolvercollector]

I got my Novice in '80 , Followed by my General and then Advanced in '83. I am not on HF right now. But, when I lived where antennas were allowed( home owner's association!) I worked 295 countries.

KF4TA Charles

 

[Brian41]

I finally got around to taking a class and got my license last year. I bought a handheld radio but haven't figured out how to program it yet. I'll be getting some radio equipment and antennas when I can afford them.
Good luck with the test. It isn't hard if you studied.

KD8VZH

 

[Wyo]

I never got into it but my brother is a long-time addict. He's in northern Wyoming. I believe his call sign is K7AHO.

 

[Doug627]

Scored 97%. Missed one question. Now I have to wait for my call number. I will be advancing when I can.

 

[moe smith]

Are HAM frequencies susceptible to interference from a solar flare? Apparently there was a moderate one thursday that knocked out VHF radio communication for about an hour.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Got my Amateur a couple years ago. Instructor said he was surprised at the number of folks in the class compared to the past which was usually just a handful. Apparently, a lot of church groups are getting involved as part of emergency preparedness. My mother, in her 70s, recently got her license too.

It was fun to take the class. Lots of basic electronics stuff I learned in high school but never used came back to me a little bit (long time ago).

Online practice tests helped.

Good luck.

 

[W7OLY]

Technician

Scored 97%. Missed one question. Now I have to wait for my call number. I will be advancing when I can.

Excellent! Now study for the General Exam. BTW, you'll be getting a call sign not a call number.

Got my license in 1970 and have been a Extra Class for while now.

If you haven't already, go to qrz.com. You can type in almost anyones call sign and most of the time get information about them, their gear, ham shack, antennas, etc.

Good luck and 73,

Aubrey W7OLY

 

[Gaffer]

N1GAF and was 79 before I got my ticket. Now am General. 73's

 

[policerevolvercollector]

CONGRATS!! Welcome to the hobby!!!

 

[rcnixon]

Another one here. Got my license in '98 after a lifetime of wanting to. Amateur extra and I still have the same group "C" callsign I was given in 1998. I've never felt the urge to get a vanity callsign.

Welcome to the hobby, it's a license to learn.

Russ

 

[Pop's2]

Congrats !

wb0***

 

[Doug627]

Thanks for the comments. Call sign not call number. Got it.

 

[Autococker07]

I got into amateur radio in the mid nineties, and was a tech for a long time due to being too lazy to learn code. I upgraded when they dropped the morse requirement, but have not used it much to transmit. I do like to setup a long wire and listen in quite a bit though!

KC7ZOU
73

 

[Ogandydancer]

Are HAM frequencies susceptible to interference from a solar flare? Apparently there was a moderate one thursday that knocked out VHF radio communication for about an hour.

Yes for the short answer. HF is more so than VHF because most VHF is FM which is line of sight anyway. Not saying that VHF is never affected but just not as much as HF.

CQ and QST magazines are good sources to keep up with propagation statistics.

 

[zoom6zoom]

General Class here.