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I have the Yaesu FT-270 just sold a VX-170. My Wouxun sure hits repeaters that the 2 Yaesus and Icom Ic-E90 can only dream of hitting. 30 miles away from Baltimore, MD to Washington, DC with the factory rubber duckie. The Yaesu is 2 meter only, and the Wouxun is a Dual band rig. The Yaesu HT's...
Peter you can use your A-99 to work some HF. With a tuner it can work as far as 40 meters. You can work 10 meters SSB as a Technician class. Try Jetstream antennas. They are half the price of a Diamond a made by the same people. R&L Electronics sells them. I run Jetstreams Mobile & Base. And...
Try Sysco since you're not to far from them. They have a very nice kitchen. And they do use Chef's to cook the meals for employees. Also to show clients how to prepare meals.
Ours are sent by a laptop. And it's "FREE". It only take a few hours for the FCC to post it on their site after getting the info. Even if the test results are sent in on Monday. It's still posted on their site by 8 pm. As for what other VE's are doing, I can't say. Could be that they don't know...
Congrats on getting your call Kilo Bravo 3 Victor Quebec Tango. And you will love the FT-857D. Now go nail that General ticket. With it and the 857 you can work the world.
It depends on how it was sent to the FCC. Where I'm a VE we do test on weekends. And the new licenses are posted on Monday evenings. And if they mailed in they may not be posted for 3 weeks. Because someone didn't drop them in the box until a few days later. Look on the FCC web site. Enter your...
Congratulations, Bob on a job well done. And welcome to the wonderful world of Amateur radio. And as a VE I've seen 2 people pass all 3 test in 1 sitting. It happened 2 months in a row back in 2009.
QRZ does have the latest info. But here's other good sites.
Shenandoah Software
http://www.qrz.com/testing.html
AA9PW FCC Exam Practice » Amateur Radio Exam Practice
Welcome to the forum and the wonderful world of Amateur radio. It can be fun making contacts be it local or around the world. And as for the test it's truly easy. The youngest Ham was 4 years of age. And we had a 12 year old pass his Extra class last summer missing only 2 questions. And as I...
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