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I took my technician's test today and passed it with flying colors, and just for giggles I took the general and almost passed it. The examiner asked me if I wanted to try it again and I said no I really want to study the general license before taking the test. I don't have my call sign yet but maybe I'll bump into some of you on the waves. It will be a lot more fun when I can do more on radio than just listen to a repeater.
I have a little Yaesu HT and I have been using it to listen in on repeaters and nets for weeks now. When the moment comes to say something I'm probably not going to end up saying anything lol. I'm just afraid of saying the wrong thing although I am a very careful person.
Congrats! Where abouts do you live? We can get your some local repeater info and get you going in no time!
I'm not on the air now but when I was Paxton and Westford repeaters were jammed from 4pm till 10.
My station is in In-house storage. It was interfering with family time so I had to table it for now. Will get back to is soon.
Am I the only person with a 4 digit call? Didn't see any others?
AE1Y
Am I the only person with a 4 digit call? Didn't see any others?
AE1Y
I live in Wilbraham not very far from you. You should have no trouble hitting the Monson Repeater, even with a HT and no external antenna, it's up on Wilbraham Mt. and has a very large foot print. There is a great group of guys that monitor and use the Monson Repeater and anyone is welcome. This is a great QSO repeater we do not run any NETS just conversation. Give me a call N1HM I listen to this repeater all the time. This also goes for anyone else that can hit the Monson Repeater. 147105 offset + 162.2.
147.105 | + | MA | Monson | W1XOJ | 162.2 | 162.2 | Hampden |
Congrats on the license !! I just got my technicians as well,,, the call sign just came out today,,, KC1HTG here ! I don't have a radio yet but was looking at the Baofeng as well,,, which did you get? I have heard good and bad about them, how do you like it so far?
Congrats again and hope to get on the air to talk soon.
Out,,,,
Heh....just saw this thread now.....CONGRATS!! Same happened to me.....missed the general by just a couple q's. LOL
Congratulations. I am at this same stage just now (pre-test).I took my technician's test today and passed it with flying colors, and just for giggles I took the general and almost passed it. The examiner asked me if I wanted to try it again and I said no I really want to study the general license before taking the test. I don't have my call sign yet but maybe I'll bump into some of you on the waves. It will be a lot more fun when I can do more on radio than just listen to a repeater.
Cool. There is also Monson and Warren.Right now I listen primarily to the Mount Tom repeater on 2M (146.940MHz). It seems to have a lot of traffic on it. Not only that but I have a clear line of sight to Mount Tom from my house.