You could be a ham at Hosstraders, atleast by the time you leave! You can
take the test while you are there.
I agree the ARRL is the best place to buy books but if you can't get there
or to salem/hro then you could go to your local radio shack and buy a
Technician exam prep book for ~10 bucks, read it, take practice tests
online, go to hosstraders and take the exam and find out how cool it is to
be a ham! You could walk out of hosstraders a licensed amateur, and for
not much money you could have a bag of ARRL books and a ham radio. I
haven't checked the hosstraders schedule but usually they give the testing
on the 2nd day of the two day event.
Ok, if i you pass the exam it takes a day or two to be 'licensed' on the
FCC database so you may not be official when you walk out of hosstraders
but they do tell you right then if you passed!
Also, you don't need your license to buy equipment, just don't
transmit! You can buy an ht or mobil cheap and see for yourself what your
missing.
10 or 12 bucks for the book, 8 or 10 bucks for the test/license, you
could get a general exam book from the arrl booth for like 15 bucks (so you
can expand your license privs) and a decent 2 meter ham radio at
hosstraders for 50-75 bucks. Compare that to your other hobbies.
-joe
Bayard Coolidge USG wrote:
> Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
>
> >>> Can anybody tell me about this event with regards to folks who
> >>> have absolutely zero knowledge about Ham?
>
> Well, actually, the Hosstraders is a fairly large ham radio flea
> market, so it's not necessarily the best venue to learn how to get
> a ham radio license (i.e., it's not a class), but you can learn
> something about it by bumping shoulders with a lot of experienced
> hams. I.e., it's like going to a model train show or a gun show -
> you'll learn a lot of anecdotal information, but you probably won't
> be able to shoot much straighter without some practice on your own
> or taking some classes. However, you *may* be able to get info on
> what classes might be coming up in the general area.
>
> Other resources:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html
>
> and
>
> http://www.hamradio.com/
>
> The ARRL is our national non-profit amateur radio club, and the page
> I pointed out is the best place for beginners to get started. HRO is
> a large retail vendor of ham radio equipment and they have a store
> at 224 North Broadway in Salem (NH), 603-898-3750. In addition to a
> lot of equipment on sale, they typically also have flyers about upcoming
> events and classes and so forth, as well as local ham radio clubs.
>
> HTH,
>
> Bayard, N1HO
>
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