Appreciate all that info! Thanks, folks. Sonny "The Old Seafarer" Starks Oak Harbor, WA
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:19 PM, DaveH <[email protected]> wrote: > The Whatcom Emergency Communications Group does training and testing every > other month. > > http://www.wecg.org/ > > There is a free self-paced test available at QRZ.COM > > http://www.qrz.com/hamtest/ > > The exam is multiple choice and the test above uses the actual questions > that are used for the examination so it is a simple matter of rote > memorization. Key point -- the answers are the same but the position of the > answers will be changed -- if (a) is the correct answer on the web, (c) > might be its position on the paper exam. > > Radios are available for under $100 A really nice setup (optional larger > antenna, a couple of extra batteries, programming software and cable and > decent handheld mic/speaker) is under $200. > > Dave KF7VNY > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 17:55 > > To: LinuxFest Northwest Discussion > > Subject: [Fest-list] ham radios for event communication > > > > > > At a BLUG planning meeting this past summer, I brought a handheld ham > > radio and floated the idea that such radios would be helpful in > > coordinating things during LinuxFest NW. Has anyone been doing any > > thinking along these lines? > > > > I encourage everyone with even a smidgen of interest in radio > > to get their > > license. > > > > -- > > David Griffith > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Fest-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fest-list > > _______________________________________________ > Fest-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fest-list >
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