Sean,

At the end of the day though, it is all about what you do with the
hobby.

Do you, Ham, take Radio, to be your lawfully wedded spouse?? (hi hi).

At my ham club meeting Saturday, we had a guy who got his Extra
on his second try. It was great!

Now, have him apply to become a Volunteer Examiner (VE). :)

The hardest thing about being a VE though, is NOT getting a team
together, getting a facility, selecting dates, or getting materials.
It's trying to convince someone who did NOT pass the exam on the
first try that they are NOT a failure.

73,

Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, UALR Ham Radio Club VE Team Leader

... I'm only one step away from being rich...all I need is money.
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Rug Rat wrote to All <=-

The legal power limmit is something I can understand.

For the majority of us, it is something we will never have to even
think about. As I don't have any plans on operating on any of the
bands that have extreemly low power, and I can not see myself running
more than 200W, and at present am limmited to 100W by equipment.

If I ever do get a shack heater, it would be at most 800w. Though even then I can't see myself buying one.

The only application I can see myself using an amplifier would be on my
2m simplex Echolink node, and that would be 100w.

In the off chance that I ever sit down at a station that does run
power, with the cost of gear, I am sure I would be given instructions
on its propper use.

Right now I'm just using 2m/440 - so my 50w mobile rig is as high as
I'll be going anytime soon...

And my 'base station?' A dupe of the one in my truck. :-)



... He does the work of 3 Men...Moe, Larry & Curly
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