Wish me luck☘️ PASSED!

[ACORN]

Well that didn’t take long.
I got notified of my license being issued,
KD3BJQ
last night.
I’ve got to mention the club that held the classes, Two Rivers Amateur Radio Club, call sign W3OC.
What a great bunch of guys!
Jim, Jeff, Geno, Bill, John, and the rest of the gang.
Really made me feel welcome.
Doing it all for free.
My friend Geno, the man that encouraged me to get my ticket, stopped at work to congratulate me and told me that they’re going to build a dipole and one of the members is going to give/lend me a rig to use. At least till I can decide what one to buy and get my General.
Interesting to me, at least, is this call sign, W3OC, was my aunts fathers call sign, Hunter J Lohman. He was a radio pioneer in the area, and was partners in an electronics company and radio station in the 20s.
Time to start cracking the books studying for my General.

 

[kilo charlie]

Congrats.
KF5GGC

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

Congratulations! Does this make you an official "HAM" radio operator?

John

 

[ACORN]

Congratulations! Does this make you an official "HAM" radio operator?

John

Yes, the lowest class. Limited frequencies, and power output.

As my Dad would say “ham ain’t nothing but a pigs arse.

Cue Rusty for the boneless inverted pig rectums meme.

 

[TaxPhd]

Congrats!

General isn’t too much harder. Spend a week or two on the online practice tests, and you’ll do fine.

I passed Tech and General at the same sitting, bought an FT710, and work the world with a homemade speaker wire dipole. It’s a pretty cool hobby

KK7OQL

 

[Sarge9]

Congrats. Extra here, get that Gen and check out POTA, 425 Parks here.
Hamtestonline.com is a good site. FYI, you can test from home now BTW
73,
Sarge

 

[Bugkiller99]

No.
I should have, but I took a couple practice exams for the General and I was lost.
I’m going to start studying.

Yes, just roll right into the General exam. Don’t wait, like I did. You have privileges for 10 meter HF now. Great time to use them, in the current solar cycle. I’ll look for you on the airwaves.

 

[GaryS]

Congratulations on finding another expensive hobby!

 

[ACORN]

Congratulations on finding another expensive hobby!

Ain’t that the truth.
Just what I need.
Oh well, you can’t take it with you.

 

[ACORN]

Anyone here run FT8?

 

[Rat458]

Congratulations.
Got my Tech a few years ago and took classes for my General last year.
Welcome to the club.
And yes , another rabbit hole to pursue.
You can do it if you shop around and many Elmers like to get new people started with advice and parts.
I spend a lot of time on 2 meters and and started my HF with a 710 and a EFHW long wire .
Good luck
KJ7DDW