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Entry level free class to help you get your amateur radio license. Class starts Feb 22, 2014 8:30am, ends Mar 1, 2014. Details at the WC5C Ham Radio Training Page This is an entry-level, beginner class. This class prepares the student for the FCC Technician Class Amateur Radio license. Emergency Responders, Boy Scouts, Retirees, School Kids, Adults are […] Read more »
Previously I had posted about repeaters in DFW that everyone should know. To narrow that down a bit, I wanted to write a post about the repeaters that I most frequent, that are nearest to me, and that everyone should have programmed into the radio, if you live-in, work-in, or ever drive through Mid Cities, […] Read more »
If you head over to Repeater Book and look for repeaters located within the DFW area, you will find hundreds of them. Some of the listings are out-dated, but most of them are still accurate. There are more 440 repeaters than 2-meter repeaters, mostly because our band allocation on 440MHz is 30MHz (420-450) while the […] Read more »
After taking your test to obtain the Technician Class Ham Radio license, it will take few days for your information to reach the FCC database, and for your callsign to be granted. You can check the status of this at the FCC Universal Licensing System Database. This is a newer feature that enables you to […] Read more »
I checked into this net for this first time this morning. I just learned about it last night from a fellow ham. It starts at 6am CST and goes until 10 or 11am, depending on what time they go to. I checked into the net using Echolink. You can find it under the Conference named […] Read more »
This is one of those things that I have thought about before, but wondered if it would ever actually happen. About 10 years ago, I thought of an idea for Icom of Kenwood – make a HT radio that ran a Smartphone OS. Perhaps like Android today, since it is open source. Well, BriCom didn’t […] Read more »
I was at a church meeting the other night and I happened to have my HT clipped to my belt, although it was somewhat hidden under my shirt. The bottom of it was showing when I sat down on the couch and a friend of mine asked me, “dude, is that a pager??” A pager. […] Read more »
This Saturday the Tarrant County RACES group is hosting a Skywarn class in Fort Worth. This class is the first step to becoming RACES certified. The other 2 steps include 2 online courses that you have to take and pass. And of course you need to have a Ham license 😉 For the complete RACES […] Read more »
Thanks to Hans to sharing this post. I had been wondering about these numbers for a short while now, but I don’t ever seem to remember to lookup the statistics while I am in front of a computer. Overall the US gained 7,000+ hams in 2013 alone, according to these numbers. I hope we can […] Read more »
First Radio Choices I’m writing this post for a friend of mine named Corey, who isn’t a licensed ham yet, but is planning to attend the Hurst Technician Training Class in early February. The main reason I am writing for him is that he, more than anyone else, has been interested in finding which radio […] Read more »
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