Subj : Re: Baofeng UV-5R
To   : MeaTLoTioN
From : Vk3jed
Date : Tue May 14 2019 08:13 pm

-=> On 05-13-19 13:42, MeaTLoTioN wrote to StackFault <=-

 St> My kids never got into radio but it's fun to see the faces of other kids
 St> when I told them the guy I was talking to was 5000km away :)

 Me> Yes this sounds like an amazing amount of fun. I only have a foundation
 Me> licence but I'm going to make every effort to go to the next level, so
 Me> any helps I can get will be great. I will check out your collection of
 Me> materials and I think there's still a local club I can join too which
 Me> will be even more beneficial.

It is a lot of fun!  I've had my ticket for 30 years. :)

 Me> I was also thinking of getting involved with the local repeater too, if
 Me> for no other reason than to learn more about it all, but I really want
 Me> to get my Full licence not just foundation.

Repeaters are interesting too.  I've built a couple.  Learned a lot. :)

 Me> I have all the time in the world now, well aside from work and my other
 Me> hobby and love which is of course BBSing =)

Cool. :)

More and more of my time seems to be going into sport LOL.


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