New Ham Radio Group!

[1991-C4]

I have already met a couple of members who are also into amateur radio. I am not surprised since us techie types tend to have similar hobbies!

Come join us! (Well actually it should be, "Come join me!" since I am the only member... so far!

http://www.chromeosforums.net/forum/...eur-radio.html

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[alphawave7]

Awesome!

[axleman1011]

wow... i haven't used my ham radio in 2-3 years. i wonder if it even still works...

[1991-C4]

If your license is still good, plug it in!

[Lazaras]

Freakin sweet. Been ages since I've been involved, but the hobby is one I do wish to pick back up at some point. Thanks for the link

Sadly I'd let my license lapse and lack of hardware has left me sluggish to retest.

[1991-C4]

How long ago did your license expire? There is a 2 year grace period in which you can just renew with no tests at the same class. If it has been more than 2 years, then you will have to start from scratch! The good news (although some don't see it that way) is that there are now only 3 license classes; Technician, General and Extra and there are no more Morse code tests at all. So that means you only need to take three multiple-guess tests to go from zero to Extra.

And there are bunches of sites where you can take practice tests from the actual test pool. C'mon... its gonna be a long cold winter. What else were you planning on doing???

[Barcodenut]

The technician test isn't hard these days. No code required. I teach technician classes and in the last class, a 16 yr old and 9 year old passed the exam.

[Phi11ips]

The General test isn't any harder than the Tech -just more questions. No code to worry about now.

I wonder if there will be any way to run a packet modem through a chrome netbook? That's asking for an awful lot I suppose! It's been years since I've had my KPC-3 running and on the 2M packet network. One of these days I need to run a feedline up to the roof and hook up some sort of HF antenna to get back on PSK-31 too. It's been too long.

[1991-C4]

Ahhh.... the memories! I also had a KPC-3 and a KAM+ back in the day. That was when getting an email meant the message light was flashing on the TNC!