Time to upgrade to General

[DennisDawg]

Passed my test for General this evening in Huntington Beach! Woo hoo! One more thing done!

[DaveK]

Passed my test for General this evening in Huntington Beach! Woo hoo! One more thing done!

Dennis:


Well done. Now the tough job begins - financing the HF radios and related equipment!

Congrats!

[xtatik]

Passed my test for General this evening in Huntington Beach! Woo hoo! One more thing done!

Awesome job! Welcome to HF, the essential core of amateur radio!

[DennisDawg]

Passed my test for General this evening in Huntington Beach! Woo hoo! One more thing done!

Awesome job! Welcome to HF, the essential core of amateur radio!

Thank you! I have a lot of years in electronics, since my Navy days, so it was not hard to study and then do. The folks in Huntington Beach are really nice! I need to learn code and also get my Extra so as to just have it all, and be able ot then do whatever . . . when I learn how to do it! Heeheheheeee.

[OLLIE]

Passed my test for General this evening in Huntington Beach! Woo hoo! One more thing done!

Awesome job! Welcome to HF, the essential core of amateur radio!

Thank you! I have a lot of years in electronics, since my Navy days, so it was not hard to study and then do. The folks in Huntington Beach are really nice! I need to learn code and also get my Extra so as to just have it all, and be able ot then do whatever . . . when I learn how to do it! Heeheheheeee.

No code is necessary anymore.

[DennisDawg]

No code is necessary anymore.

It is not necessary but it is one of those things that is useful, especially to play on very low power. I’d like to build a very low power, very small rig and put that in my backpack (where every ounce counts). Then I could play with that in some odd and interesting places. My plan is to start with a simple RockMite, and then move along from there, but keeping very small, and because of that, staying in CW world for that at least… so, code is then key!

[xtatik]

No code is necessary anymore.

It is not necessary but it is one of those things that is useful, especially to play on very low power. I’d like to build a very low power, very small rig and put that in my backpack (where every ounce counts). Then I could play with that in some odd and interesting places. My plan is to start with a simple RockMite, and then move along from there, but keeping very small, and because of that, staying in CW world for that at least… so, code is then key!

I've contemplated doing this as well, and I agree with you code is essential for qrp remote.
Check this guy out, he's got the QRP weight problem beat by having goats haul half the weight:
http://www.youtube.com/user/goathiker#p ... MBrgbvRVDI

[DennisDawg]

I've contemplated doing this as well, and I agree with you code is essential for qrp remote.
Check this guy out, he's got the QRP weight problem beat by having goats haul half the weight:
http://www.youtube.com/user/goathiker#p ... MBrgbvRVDI

Wow, goats would be great, well for a while. When you were out on the trail they’d be great helpers. When you got home, they’d be goats!