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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 10:26 am |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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Good luck, Scott. I have every confidence you'll do great!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 10:48 am |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Congrats Scott and Good Luck on the test Buddy! 
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 01:16 pm |
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hucky 3T WIS 
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STupid question: Why does one need a license? I have always wanted to get into this, but since the cell phone, it kinda killed it for me. You have an amazing Man Cave You need a Stripper Pole somewehre woohoo.gif congrats and cheers
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 01:38 pm |
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scottran 3T WIS 
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Thanks guys! Great news... I PASSED  both tests so now I hold a General Class license. yahoo.gif I didnt think this 40 year old skull full of mush would pull it off. So as soon as my name is on the FCC's web site I will have a call sign and will finally be able to talk on my radio.Hucky, I guess the biggest reason is safety. If you arent careful or dont have things set up right you could get hurt. We are dealing with some pretty big power. You can actually get burned if you come in contact with an antenna while transmitting. Also these signals reach around the world so they just dont want anyone transmitting unless they know who it is. Griff would probably be able to elaborate more than I.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 01:45 pm |
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Paxman 3T WIS
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Big congrats, Scott!:D
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 02:11 pm |
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hucky 3T WIS
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scottran wrote: Thanks guys! Great news... I PASSED Thanks Scott, Wait til you geet 45 years old, it gets harder to learn stuff. I struggle with sentences every now and then, AGE. Congrats on your passing So this is different than a CB base type radio? Griff fill me in. Huck
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 05:39 pm |
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scottran 3T WIS
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Yes Huck, way different than a CB. My radio has 10 different bands and even pics up AM. If you wanted to break the law you could even talk on the AM band. CB's are only allowed to put out like 4 watts max. Shortwave is allowed a max of 1500 watts. You dont need alot of power if you have a good antenna setup. There is what they call QRP operation which is low power. Depending on atmospheric conditions, guys are able to make contacts on the other side of the world with just 5 watts of power.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 06:02 pm |
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GuitarAddict Guest
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What a cool hobby and a great collection. Hope you never have to move! I was watching a show on TV recently and they interviewed a guy with a huge collection of radios. Chris
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 06:08 pm |
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scottran 3T WIS
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oh yea, moving would be a real nightmare. 20 antique farm tractors, 8 vehicles, ATV, snowmobile, 3 garden tractors just to get things started. :shock: We would need many tractor trailers to move all this stuff. Yikes!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19th, 2009 09:12 pm |
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Scott right on buddy and concrats...........
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 12:46 am |
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zippofan 3T WIS 
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Congratulations Scott! It's not an easy exam to pass...I know! Hucky, there are a couple of reasons for the licensing requirement. Back in the beginning days of radio before the bands/frequencies were set up like they are now, pretty much anyone with a transmitter could fire it up and transmit whatever they wanted on whatever frequency they wanted. The govt set up licensing as a way to give amateurs a place that was all their own and ensure that if any rules were broken they knew where to find you ;) The Radio Act of 1927 set up licensing of both commercial and amateur radio operation. Before that, broadcasting was pretty chaotic. Also, like Scott said, the equipment is powerful enough to kill you. In the beginning, amateurs built all their gear from whatever parts they could find, thus licencing ensured that they knew electronic theory enough that they wouldn't die when they powered up their homemade rigs. I just read an article somewhere about different things that are dying off. Along with landline telephones, amateur radio was one of them. Since the advent of long range communications via cell and the internet, people don't feel the need for either of them. One of the first communications received from New Orleans after the devastating hurricane was by amateur radio. Commercial interests would love to get their hands on the bands reserved for amateurs. If that happens, ham radio will truly disappear, and I believe that would be a tragedy. During natural disasters, cell towers go down, landline telephones can go down, the internet can go down, but an amateur with a little transceiver and a generator/battery system can still communicate to the world. Every year the World Organization of Scouting (including the Boy Scouts of America) host the Jamboree On the Air, an event that encourages Scouts from around the world to communicate with each other via amateur radio. The Scouts have had to add the Jamboree on the Internet because of the declining popularity of ham radio. Hopefully some of the Scouts I have taken to see the equipment used by hams (and the boys used to talk to Scouts in Europe) have interested them enough to pursue the hobby, but, as a Radio Merit Badge counselor I haven't had any of the boys in our Troop interested....yet! Hopefully more people that are radio listeners will become interested like Scott in taking it one step forward... Cheers, Griff
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 10:07 am |
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hucky 3T WIS
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Thanks Griff, very cool, I like it alot. Congrats Scott, I know where to come if the world falls down any further :D Is there a Ham Facebook for radios
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