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Originally Posted by JimP
Guys - been thinking of doing this of late, just "because." Is this something a mere light weapons dude can pick up ?
I can do ten pullups, count to fifty-nine unassisted; do some minor "cyphering" without having to take my shoes and socks off, and I once held a duck under water until it farted.
I see I must first pass an exam to get my "license." Something I can study for over the holidays and take the test ?
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It's easy. A little time spent studying and you can take the Technician and General tests sequentially on the same day and have sufficient privileges to XMIT worldwide. Study a bit more and you can get the AE certs and do the same on every available band. ARRL publishes some decent study guides and there are several websites where you can take practice exams using the same official question pool as you will see when you test for real. Then you can start haunting swap meets, ham fests, and Ebay to outfit your shack.
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