noway2;n42313 said:Greensboro, gate city boulevard, near I40.
OK that's doable, about an hour drive one way. I'll see what happens & then decide what to do about it.
noway2;n42313 said:Greensboro, gate city boulevard, near I40.
I'll punch it in & see if I can pick it up.hp468 said:CFARS repeater on is 146.910. They run the Possum Trot net from 0530-0700 and a nightly net at 1900 should you find yourself close to Cumberland Co.
Cape Fear;n42342 said:OK that's doable, about an hour drive one way. I'll see what happens & then decide what to do about it.
Ha that's right. My daddy always chewed Bull of the Woods plug but that stuff was a little strong for me. It was Red Man or Levi Garrett all the way.trcubed said:There is a long drawn out weather discussion going on right now on .270.
Cape Fear my wife says 2m is facebook for old people LOLtrcubed said:There is a long drawn out weather discussion going on right now on .270.
I studied pretty hard for mine for a month or so, got good with tech and touched a bit on general. was scheduled to take the exam on the day that Matthew decided to turn Cumberland County into Atlantis. Had to wait another month almost to test, barely missed my general, only 3 answers away from having it. Makes it tough to keep things fresh.Cape Fear said:noway2;n42209 said:This morning, the VEC in my area mentioned having someone sign up to test on the 14th. I mentioned you, but not by name, as someone that decided to take the plunge after reading on this forum, and he thought that was great news.
Where do they test? If the exam close to my house is cancelled Sunday the next event at the same venue is next month. I'm ready to get the testing behind me, I have too many hours of study in it at this point to wait another month to test - I'll never retain all the info for a month, and I dang sure can't afford to keep right on studying.
We offer ARRL VE exams on the fourth Monday of each month at 7pm at the Four Oaks Chamber of Commerce located at 204 North Main St. Four Oaks, NC 27524
Well, I think there are a couple of different things and I'm sure that others can add more. First, I think it appeals to people who are in to electronics because it's still one of the few areas where you can still "do it yourself". For example, I built an antenna out of a piece of copper plumbing pipe and from my back deck with a walker talkie woke up a radio repeater about 75-80 mikes away and received its response (nobody seemed to be on at that early hour on Christmas morning). if building isn't your thing, there is plenty of used and new equipment to buy.JBoyette;n43460 said:OK got to ask.
What's the intrest / draw to do this hobby?
Comms.JBoyette said:OK got to ask.
What's the intrest / draw to do this hobby?
noway2's answer below lays it all out pretty well. And the biggest initial draw for me was trcubed's answer above - comms are another tool I want in my toolbox. Now that I'm in, it's pretty cool because of my electronics background.JBoyette said:OK got to ask.
What's the intrest / draw to do this hobby?
JBoyette;n43460 said:OK got to ask.
What's the intrest / draw to do this hobby?
Does your wife know you're posting pictures of your mistresses online?htperry said:JBoyette;n43460 said:OK got to ask.
What's the intrest / draw to do this hobby?
Are you assuming that isn't Mrs. Perry?htperry said:JBoyette;n43460 said:OK got to ask.
What's the intrest / draw to do this hobby?
I have seen Mrs. Perry and she is much hotter than that slut.htperry said:JBoyette;n43460 said:OK got to ask.
What's the intrest / draw to do this hobby?
For me it all has to do with a continuation of prepping. Without comms you aint got shiz -Some Forward Observer sometime somewhere....JBoyette said:OK got to ask.
What's the intrest / draw to do this hobby?
JBoyette;n43460 said:OK got to ask.
What's the intrest / draw to do this hobby?
noway2;n43747 said:Cape Fear i spoke to the local VEC this morning and he said the reason the Greensboro test dates aren't showing up on ARRL is thst he hadn't submitten them yet. He said to go to W4VEC.org and if you click on the yellow details button above the guy on the page it has the list. If your session is canceled, give him a heads up but i believe he is testing on the 14th.
Cape Fear;n50829 said:So they ended up cancelling my exam session. I just sent [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]AJ4TF an email asking for registration for the Greensboro exam session 1/14.[/FONT]
Brian K;n51183 said:I passed the technician exam this evening. They encouraged me to go ahead and take the general but I don't even know the freq assignments for that license. Maybe later.
Brian K;n51183 said:I passed the technician exam this evening. They encouraged me to go ahead and take the general but I don't even know the freq assignments for that license. Maybe later.
Brian K;n51183 said:I passed the technician exam this evening. They encouraged me to go ahead and take the general but I don't even know the freq assignments for that license. Maybe later.
Brian K;n51183 said:I passed the technician exam this evening. They encouraged me to go ahead and take the general but I don't even know the freq assignments for that license. Maybe later.
Email and registration are appreciated, but walkins are welcome too. I recall him saying he already had a registrant for the 14th so he will be testing.Cape Fear said:noway2;n43747 said:Cape Fear i spoke to the local VEC this morning and he said the reason the Greensboro test dates aren't showing up on ARRL is thst he hadn't submitten them yet. He said to go to W4VEC.org and if you click on the yellow details button above the guy on the page it has the list. If your session is canceled, give him a heads up but i believe he is testing on the 14th.
So they ended up cancelling my exam session. I just sent [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]AJ4TF an email asking for registration for the Greensboro exam session 1/14.[/FONT]
Well, duh, the heavy metal ones of courseJohnFreeman said:Way to go Brian! That's good news! What bands to you plan to operate?
2m and 70cm for now. I'm still very much a noob.JohnFreeman said:Way to go Brian! That's good news! What bands to you plan to operate?
It doesn't get any heavier than 40m CW at midnight in the first night of the CQ WWDX contest.! Gentlemen, screw down your 250 hz IF filters and lets get ready to test your receiver dynamic range!JohnFreeman said:Way to go Brian! That's good news! What bands to you plan to operate?
Jayne;n53271 said:Cape Fear When the snow stops blocking your testing and you're all general and all, I've got an IC-718 and tuner gathering dust in the closet, you're welcome to take it home and setup an HF station. You let me almost kill us in your boat so I figure it's time for payback!
I've got a spare dipole and some feed line too (I think) so all you would need to supply is power. I ran off a car battery and a trickle charger before I got a power supply for the rig, so I know it can be done that way.
Cape Fear;n53288 said:You are the man! I didn't even know you were into this but I should have guessed.