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   -=> Daryl Stout wrote to DAN CLOUGH <=-   
      
    DC>Excellent!  I didn't intend my above comment to Daryl as anything   
    DC>bad, just didn't really see the relevance of him putting it like   
    DC>that...  I fully grasp the pride you have in the callsign and   
    DC>understand it completely.  Something I have thought about getting   
    DC>into for years (decades?) but just never have.  Maybe when I   
    DC>retire...  Thanks and 73!   
      
      
      
    DS>   All you need to get on the air is the Technician Class license,   
    DS> and if you study 2 hours a day for 2 weeks, you can learn enough   
    DS> to pass the exam...which covers rules, regulations, frequencies,   
    DS> propagation, RF safety, and basic electronic theory. The General   
    DS> Class license offers more privileges, and much of the Technician   
    DS> Class exam stuff is on the General exam, but in more detail. The   
    DS> Amateur Extra exam is the "booger bear", but it can be done.   
      
      
      
   Thanks for that information, Daryl.  I took a look at the website    
   you mentioned and it looks very good.  I've been an electronics    
   technician for 40 years, including 28 years in military    
   communications/radar.  The Tech and General sample questions were    
   simple to me and the Extra would not take much studying to pass.     
   I'll likely take the plunge in the coming year or so.  Thanks for    
   getting me to look at that!  Best regards.   
      
      
      
   ... Pros are those who do their jobs well, even when they don't feel like it.   
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