Outdoor Adventure USA

I am working on my EMT.

Yeah,

I can go on a DX expedition to Orient Beach, St Martin.

I remember the first one. Short but to the point.

Just ordered my Extra study materials. I am under no elusions that this will be easy but I am determined to get my Extra this summer!

Ok,

I'll ask ... what is dry fire?

Well after spending all day in class and taking my test I have now upgraded to General. I am a happy camper. In the meantime I have joined the SD Sheriff's Search and Rescue. They in fact use their own radios and bands so it looks like most of my amateur radio activity will be with the Red Cross and ...

I would like to be go but my wife is in town that day.

I have an IC-706MKIIG and I just couldn't get my head around the manual but then I decided to Google the model name and got some tips on the initial configuration that helped break the ice and now I can do basic repeater programming with no problems plus the other menus are starting to fall in place ...

Funny I was thinking of visiting Death Valley as well. I am also hoping to attend a WEMT class in Oregon during the summer assuming I pass my EMT class and test this spring.

It is very good as is the composition.