On the thoughts on upgrading my license,? I had a stroke and find talking very difficult. I taught myself cw so I can still get on the air without having to use ssb.? I find reading very difficult as well now, and really struggled with getting my head around the intermediate syllabus. I passed first time but I really don't think I could even think of approaching the full exam without things being made a whole lot simpler.?
As a 2E0 I have the privilege of 100w on all bands, save for 60m, but mainly sit at 20w at my qth on my Yeasu ft450d and an eflw through an mfj versatuner. And when out and about 5w qrp all the way.? My rig can't do any more than 100w and I can work the world already, I can't really see the benefit of upgrading further.? ?30yrs ago I may have been able to contemplate designing my own equipment but not now. Too old for that kind of thing,? and frankly if it wasn't for the long lead time Id have hans' team build my kits for me. That said I do get enjoyment out of the build process and have always had good success with the qrp-labs kits ( this will be my 7th)
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Samantha 2E1OCT?
