New Ham

[jviss]

Ha, I forgot to post this! In my retirement, as they say...

I studied for 6 days and took all three exams on Oct. 7, 2023, and passed all three. So, I am an Amateur Extra, callsign AC1QC. I am not on the air yet.

I have some gear, and antennas, not yet deployed. I really should get going!

Haven't considered any ham gear for the boat. Is marine SSB still a thing?

jv

 

[JamesG161]

Welcome, I am WD4IWB but not had time to set my rig since Hurricane Zeta repairs have me very busy.

I got my General license when you had to read Morse Code at minimum of 15 words per minute.

HAMs are used in many Crisis Events.

Jim...

 

[jviss]

Yea, no more Morse code requirement. I'm kinda bummed about that, but then, I wouldn't have made it in the short time I spent. I have a couple of keys, a keyer, and so forth, I intend to learn it and use it.

 

[JamesG161]

DIT DIT DIT -- DAH DAH DAH -- DIT DIT DIT

Save Our Ship = SOS

Roger Out for now... [R = Romeo today]

Jim...

PS: Can still hear 5 wpm Morse Code.
PSS: US Marines must still Learn Morse Code.

 

[jviss]

DIT DIT DIT -- DAH DAH DAH -- DIT DIT DIT

Save Our Ship = SOS

Roger Out for now... [R = Romeo today]

Jim...

PS: Can still hear 5 wpm Morse Code.
PSS: US Marines must still Learn Morse Code.

Ha, ha. Cool.

I was thinking - do you think there's a market for "books on Morse?"

One issue might be lack of certain punctuation and formatting codes, but the code could be extended to cover that.