Greetings:
I have noticed that some of you have call signs for Amateur Radio and I decided that I would like to get into that again. Several years ago I was looking into it and was given some modified military surplus radio equipment, one such item was a transceiver. Unfortunately, when we moved from the location that I lived in at that time, we could not take the radio equipment with us because it was vacuum tube based and very heavy and the moving company of course was charging by the pound. I discovered where I can take my exam locally and would like to study up a little as it has been years. I understand that I no longer have to do Morse code as part of it, but still would like to find resources on study materials and practice tests. As far as equipment is concerned, I am on a tight budget and so it will likely be eBay and Craigslist, but I am not sure what I need these days. I have computers a- plenty and basically can use advice on what kind of transceiver to get, what are the best brands and what I need for an antenna - I live in an apartment and want to do this with a base-station radio setup as opposed to a mobile. I need an antenna that would be the least obtrusive and not mounted in a permanent fashion to the building. I also need information on what kind of lightning protection and etc would be good. Thanks - I know this is "off topic" but I do plan to keep perfect time with my station as well J My real email address appears below, so if someone wants to offer help "off list" I welcome someone to write me and of course if you live locally to Lawrence, I would love to meet in person and exchange ideas etc. J. Mike Needham iain_ni...@att.net Lawrence, Kansas USA _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.