Rick,
I got my ticket primarily to use the radio for emergency communications
when we travel.? My wife and I took a 4-day trip thru northern CA a
year ago and I realized that most of the trip we had NO cell phone
coverage.? In the event of a breakdown, we had no comms.? We
were on back roads, which is also the way we like to travel all over on
our touring motorcycle.? Since there are repeaters everywhere, I
figured that a ham radio would be the way to go.
I have to admit that I have little to no experience yet.? With a
home sale and move out of state, among other things, I have not had the
time to get my feet wet.? I, too, need to seek out an Elmer for some
helpful advice.
Hey, I'm retired and in the Phoenix area, too.? Where is this
"antenna farm" that you referred to?
- Mike
At 06:59 AM 6/5/2014, 'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]
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I have been around hams all of my life. Growing up, two houses down was a
ham. My brother-in-law has been a ham since he was in high school so my
wife actually picked up a lot of information from him. I studied analog
circuit design and RF in college. So I understand some of the technical
aspects of being a ham.
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What I do not fully understand is what motivates people to be hams. I
know each person probably has a different reason from survivalist to
helping out in an emergency to social.
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My immediate motivation is because some of my students are required to
get their license in order to operate APRS during weather balloon flights
( ). It was
getting embarrassing to tell them that I didn?t have my license.
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So what makes you guys ?tick?? What got you interested in being a
ham?
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I do hope my question does not offend anyone. That was not my
intent.
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Thanks,
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Rick
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