I don't recall the time frame, but I know you have to renew it every so many years... 10???
Any CBers? / HAMs?
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I don't recall the time frame, but I know you have to renew it every so many years... 10???
Mexican_Hippie
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I run one of the little Cobras (Cobra 75 WXST) in the Jeep with a remote speaker. It lets me save space and I can lock up the handset in my vault. It kinda sucks for the price, but I only usually use it when caravaning to camping locations off the beaten path. I don't have to reach out real far with it so it fills me needs.
I used to leave it on all the time on 19 but got tired of the ridiculous and constant banter by idiots out there.
I used to leave it on all the time on 19 but got tired of the ridiculous and constant banter by idiots out there.
Might check CQ Magazine CQ - 'The Authority on Amateur Radio' for more than 65 years I haven't read one in a while but they usually have links, etc. to rules and regs.
Edit: Ref. Tejano Scott's post on renewal regs.
Edit: Ref. Tejano Scott's post on renewal regs.
I keep a CB radio running in the cave.
Can hear chatter on I-35 and I-10 north of SA.
Can't believe what I hear: Fore Sale: Hookers here, and DVD's there.
There is one fellow, "Radio Ranger" who gives hell to all the "Diesel Dummies" on the road.
Rock On.
Be well.
Can hear chatter on I-35 and I-10 north of SA.
Can't believe what I hear: Fore Sale: Hookers here, and DVD's there.
There is one fellow, "Radio Ranger" who gives hell to all the "Diesel Dummies" on the road.
Rock On.
Be well.
Yup - been a ham since high school days, more than 40 years ago. Talking with the guys/girls up in the Station is pretty cool. I've had three such QSOs, two with Russions operating RS0ISS (the ham rig in the Russian segment of ISS), and once when I was attending a conference at the Johnson Space Center - chatted with NA1SS (the ham station in the American segment) in a three-way QSO for almost 25 minutes real late at night. It was so cool - nobody else was on, apparently - though it helped that the guy who trains the astronauts on ham techniques and manages the ham operations on ISS was the third party in the QSO and we had coordinated the QSO earlier that night.
73
Wayne N5WD
The license is only good for 10 years then you have to renew. If your license is expired more than two years then you have to restart the testing from the beginning. If it has been expired for less than two years you just need to file the renewal paperwork. Its free to renew unless you have a Vanity call sign then there is the vanity call sign fee. I happen to be an Extra (highest license class).
If you are not sure about the year that you got your license or you know when and its been expired less than two years but you do not remember your call sign you can go to the FCC website and do a license search for your full name and you should find all of the information that you need to renew or verify if you are more than two years past expiration. If you want that link PM me and I'll send it to you. Hopefully you renew or retest and get your license back. It really is an interesting hobby and with the sunspot cycle on the increase HF is really getting to be fun.
Radioman
In the ham radio world, the conversations are standard English (unless you're proficient in some foreign language). NOT CB lingo. They'll run you off the the air if you start talking goofy CB crap! Or you can always communicate CW (continuous wave) which is morse code.
