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I just wrote my test for Basic/Honor's and passed with 85%
This means I have full privileges :D :D :D
I won’t know officially what my call sign will be you have to give them 3 in order of reference, I hope it will be VAGUED….this one is still available
Cheers
A quick question for interest sake
My father did the 5 and 12 word code about 15 years ago for his license, does this give him the equivalent of Basic with honors, or basic with advance privileges.
He comes up as General Class when I do a search
This is for Ontario Canada residents...
Thanks Jeff for the great info and helpful hints, this has been a very informative post so far, I’m leaning towards the VX-7
I look forward to all the choices QRN :D :wink:
Thanks again
The more I read about this stuff the more excited I get about obtaining my ham licence
I'm scoring a steady 85 % on the on line test so I hope by mid week, next week I will have it in hand :D
Thanks Moleculo
I live just north of Toronto so I don't think I will have that problem
However I did have a chat with the guy at Durham and he was very helpful and talked a length on several units and said that the ICOM was easy to use compared to the other one.
Also he said that a...
I talked to Durham and he mentioned the ICOM T 90 $349
as the most bang for the buck any thoughts
ICT 90A Icom Tri-Band Handheld 2M/70cm/6M plus wideband RX.
Features
Wideband receiver: 495kHz to 999.990MHz
The commercial grade IC-T90A transceiver offers a wideband AM, FM, and WFM...
Hi Chuck your right about Radio World I have been in there 3 times since its only 15 mins down the road and they have a lot of work to do on the side of customer service, it's almost like they are doing you a favor by letting you shop there.
They would not let me return an antenna I bought...
well folks I will be writing my test early next week for my basic with honour's (80%) and above, basic is 70% to 79%
I see no problems for basic and should be able to pull off at least an 80 soooooooo
I will be looking for a good multi band hand held. I don't want cheep, but I don't want...
well I will soon find out, I hope to write my exam at the end of this week or mid next week
I hope to get over 80% so I have a basic with honours. This allows me more privileges.
No matter what I will have it before the end of this month, even if I have to write it 3 times.
The...
Thanks Happy Hammer
A question if I may to anyone
what mobile unit and antenna would you recomend on this site
This is the store I would be buying from when that day comes
I hear Icom is good looking for most bang for the dollar
http://www.radioworld.ca/ham/amateur_icom.php...
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