ARESSo as I talked about in my previous post, I headed up to Dayton Ohio last weekend to witness Hamvention 2011 first hand. Well, what I failed to enlighten the world on is I had been studying to get my license so I could be honest-to-legal HAM operator!

I was able to take the test for free (it’s normally ~$30) at Hamvention and once I passed (you doubted me?) had my call letters that night, yep, that’s some effecient government work there, isn’t it? I picked up a little Wouxun (pronounced woah-sean) radio to get me on the air quickly. With any luck I’ll be getting a package in the mail with my base rig, a FT-7900R so I can crank up the amps and actually talk to some folks simplex…