I will fit right in!!!
-Kristan
KI5VVT
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On Tuesday, March 19th, 2024 at 10:50 AM, s.c.flowers <s.c.flow...@comcast.net>
wrote:
> Kristan,
> Welcome. BTW there’s also Brews With BVARC. Chat with interesting/nerdy hams
> over a local craft beer. 🍺
>
> All are welcome! (MEs, EEs, Phys, ChemEs, Math, Star Trek, Star Wars, The
> Expanse enthusiasts.. yea pretty much anyone with nerdy or no credentials 😂 )
>
> 73,
> Stephen (W2WF)
>
>> On Mar 19, 2024, at 08:51, Sean - N5LNK via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
>
>> Kristan,
>>
>> I understand and was once in your shoes when I first started. I know you
>> said it is hard for you to go to activities such as a planed POTA event. But
>> I encourage you to seek these gatherings because they are some of the best
>> way to get answers to your questions and a little hands on experience so you
>> too will become confident in your knowledge and ability. A few places to
>> keep an eye out for upcoming local park activations are Houston POTA, Cross
>> Roads Ham Radio Club, and Brazos Vally Amateur Radio Club. All these groups
>> manage a Facebook page that helps get the word out of organized POTA
>> activations in our area.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sean - N5LNK
>>
>>> On Mar 19, 2024, at 8:13 AM, gshockxcc via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> First, let me preface my request for help by saying that I am a Mechanical
>>> Engineer and I still have no idea what is going on. I collect lots of data
>>> on rotating and fixed equipment, and I understand Control systems just
>>> enough to be dangerous.
>>>
>>> That said, I have had my General license for almost a year, and I still
>>> have no idea how to operate a ham radio, how to communicate with anyone or
>>> find channels to communicate on. I freely admit that the amount of time
>>> that I spend trying to learn is minimal, because of other priorities at the
>>> moment. I don’t have any friends who are into ham, and I am rarely able to
>>> make BVARC functions like the POTA.
>>>
>>> How in the world do you get started if you don’t know where to begin?
>>> Sorry, I am just lost.
>>>
>>> -Kristan
>>>
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