My first License

Rod Clay wrote:

Yes. That is right. Well, partly because my sister Marsha lives here in Oroville. Our mother was from the Oroville/Thermolito area. I like Lynchburg too and still exchange cards with one of my old neighbors there on Washington Street. That is where I had my house and my Dad and his sisters and one of his brothers all lived right there at 609, 611, 613 and 617 Washington Street. I'll have to stay put in Oroville now. A QSO between us will probably have to be on 20 meters unless 10 meters opens up some time hi, hi.
73, Rod (Roderick)  WB6FBF

I don't have my HF antennas up right now and will most likely wait for warmer weather.  When I'm ready I will let you know and try a QSO on 20 meters.

Cliff Jones wrote:

I took the Plunge and now am studying for My General Class License.
The Question Bank may Change after June 30, 2019 so I had better get going. I did purchase 3 books,

N3FJP's Amateur Exam STUDY PROGRAM 4.1

HERE'S A link IF YOUR INTERESTED.
click Here for Program download
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It has all the bells and whistle's
Technician portion, General Portion, and Extra
It allows you several option buttons AT THE BOTTOM of the screen which are:

(HINT) - (PREVIOUS) - (NEXT) - (BACK 20) - (FORWARD 20) - (RANDOM) - (LEAST CORRECT) - (RESET HISTORY).


IT SHOWS FOUR ANSWERS WHICH ARE SHOWN IN 4 ROWS with the answer button beside each A,B,C,D.
At the top of the screen are shown ( TOTAL CORRECT) =, (TOTAL INCORRECT)=, (PERCENTAGE)=  (%THAT ARE CORRECT)

It gives on the next line below that the QUESTION #  and references  the F.C.C number in brackets [ ******* ]
On the block below that is the actual question.
OH! I almost forgot to Add this. It has a Frequency Band with Modes of operation and actual frequencies shown for each MODE.



I find it very useful.

This fellow's name is Scott, he is a fine, upstanding ham. Many clubs use his modestly priced field day logging software. You can also pay a one time fee of $49 and have lifetime access to all his software and updates. I've talked with him several times, he is very helpful.

Yes. That is right. Well, partly because my sister Marsha lives here in Oroville. Our mother was from the Oroville/Thermolito area. I like Lynchburg too and still exchange cards with one of my old neighbors there on Washington Street. That is where I had my house and my Dad and his sisters and one of his brothers all lived right there at 609, 611, 613 and 617 Washington Street. I'll have to stay put in Oroville now. A QSO between us will probably have to be on 20 meters unless 10 meters opens up some time hi, hi.
73, Rod (Roderick)  WB6FBF

Rod, from Lynchburg VA to California?   What caused you to move?  I love Lynchburg!

It's great to be able to get the call you want. When I got my call, VE1ARN back in 1984, I was only allowed to do CW. So when I went through the list of available calls, I chose the ARN suffix since it was alternating dits and dahs all the way. Easier to send than other combinations. I'm kinda lazy that way. 

It's a good call. My old one (also from 4 land) was N4QNX which I held for about 30 years before getting WB6FBF back. QTH was Lynchburg, Virginia. An old friend I had back there from North Carolina was K4LWR. We called him Long Winded Robbie hi, hi.
73, Rod  WB6FBF

K4 and my initials!  

K4 Left Right March?
lol
Good on getting the call.
7'
Frank

Thank you everyone!  

My call sign is K4LRM in case anyone wants to do a look-up.

Congrats Mezlaw! Welcome to the club!

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I noticed cliff mentioned [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] in an earlier post.   This hams name is Scott, I've talked with him on many occasions.  Scott does a wonderful job with developing software, we use his product for field day logging.

Congrats!

Well done MEZLAW!!!

Just an update on my license.  Back in Sept. I took and passed the test for General.  On Oct. 19th I took and passed the test for Amateur Extra.    Now it's on to VE certification.

Here is a link to our club website;

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I tried this one also and its pretty good also.

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I should have gotten my license years ago.  A few years back I made a new friend in town and he found out about my interest in radios.  He and another guy in town started an amatuer radio club and he talked me into it. In 2016 I got my Tech. license and decided to also study for the general.

Here is a link to a great study site;
  http://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/

It does have a very modest cost but worth it!

I took the Plunge and now am studying for My General Class License.
The Question Bank may Change after June 30, 2019 so I had better get going. I did purchase 3 books,

2 from A.R.R.L. General Class License Manual and General Class Q & A booklet, for $63.40

I also Purchased a 3rd Booklet by Gorden West, WB6NOA 2015-2019 FCC Element 3 Amateur Radio License Preparation,  Booklet for About $32.00 (I passed my Technicians Exam using Gorden West's book back in 1986.)

I am not that Impressed with the A.R.R.L. Q & A book (kinda dry IMHO absolutely no visual diagrams or illustrations) My score = [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

The other two are Great!!!!!!!!.  My score =        

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I also Downloaded a Free Program but Norton's refused to let it download as it was an EX type file so I had to circumvent the block just till I could get it down-loaded then raised my blocker back up.

I reasoned if His call sign was valid He would get in big trouble if the program was anything but reliable.
N3FJP's Amateur Exam STUDY PROGRAM 4.1

HERE'S A link IF YOUR INTERESTED.
click Here for Program download
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

It has all the bells and whistle's
Technician portion, General Portion, and Extra
It allows you several option buttons AT THE BOTTOM of the screen which are:

(HINT) - (PREVIOUS) - (NEXT) - (BACK 20) - (FORWARD 20) - (RANDOM) - (LEAST CORRECT) - (RESET HISTORY).


IT SHOWS FOUR ANSWERS WHICH ARE SHOWN IN 4 ROWS with the answer button beside each A,B,C,D.
At the top of the screen are shown ( TOTAL CORRECT) =, (TOTAL INCORRECT)=, (PERCENTAGE)=  (%THAT ARE CORRECT)

It gives on the next line below that the QUESTION #  and references  the F.C.C number in brackets [ ******* ]
On the block below that is the actual question.
OH! I almost forgot to Add this. It has a Frequency Band with Modes of operation and actual frequencies shown for each MODE.



I find it very useful.

I understand that that transmitter is a real workhorse 400 w P-P.
Keep us posted as to what you do, Hoping some other Hams to will respond, Google will pick up this post in a couple of days and will then be search-able for other hams looking for EF Johnson.
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Hey all, I'm Dave, KF7JAF and I'm restoring an old Johnson Viking II. Any other Vintage AM rig restorers out there?

When I was in Southern California, I had a great Elmer who lived in Garden Grove, Ed Corbin.
I received my First License and it was published Radio Amateur Callbook Magazine 50th Anniversary Edition.
WA6ICO.
I let it lapse after moving to the Northwest.
I took the Exam again in about 1997 and passed with about 20 others at Olympic College.