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New here, but wanted to add my name to the list of known Hams. I'm a General, but don't do any HF work (sold my HF rig to buy guns :think: ), currently have a 2M rig in my truck.

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ezmac028 wrote:Sounds like a Baofeng UV 5R. Thinking about getting one myself to use as a 2nd unit with my Wouxun UV 6D, or just a radio to keep in the car.
Exactly. I remember when a good handheld 2 meter transceiver was freaking ridiculous like $800 which is why I never got into the hobby. This thing is $35 and has amazing abilities. I got the PC cord coming yet, and I'm looking around for tech tests to take. I remember enough I think to pass with a little study.
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Antiquus wrote:
ezmac028 wrote:Sounds like a Baofeng UV 5R. Thinking about getting one myself to use as a 2nd unit with my Wouxun UV 6D, or just a radio to keep in the car.
Exactly. I remember when a good handheld 2 meter transceiver was freaking ridiculous like $800 which is why I never got into the hobby. This thing is $35 and has amazing abilities. I got the PC cord coming yet, and I'm looking around for tech tests to take. I remember enough I think to pass with a little study.
I have 3 of them. One in the car, one at home, one at work.

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rustyrower wrote:Did this become a thing?
It's a dying thing now since it became a thing generations ago. If you subscribe to QST you might have noticed the silent key list in the back of each issue. The average age at NEARFest a few weeks ago appeared to be about 65.
I'm a beginner, just passed General, have HT & participate in local nets, that's all so far.
Congratulations. With that HT you could become involved in emergency management.

For HF you could save up for an IC-7300, a cheaper SDR, or an older used rig. A dipole or tunable wire can get you on 80, 40, 20.

With FT8 you could rack up QSOs quickly on HF.
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DispositionMatrix wrote: Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:56 am
Welcome from another Extra. How long have you been an Extra?

I made Extra in 2011. Yes, I got interested in upgrading when the code was dropped. That had always been the stumbling block for me.

Unfortunately, I have nothing but uhf/vhf in the town I work in and there is little traffic on those bands here. So I won't be on the air for a while.
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