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Might I also ask if anyone else was in radio or TV in a past or present life? WVUR FM 10 W stereo omni educational. KDKA AM Pittsburgh 50 KW WCLQ--> WQHS TV 61 Cleveland WPTT TV 22 Pittsburgh
I don't think you folks want me as a Ham. Any station I touch gets taken over by Home Shopping! Joe
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I have been in the commercial communications for 30 yrs. Any one (US) wanting to become a ham, go to QRZ.COM, on the left side of the web page there is a practice test. Robert
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Where are you George Corron? I'll let you post your call.
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OK, and I will:
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FYI: Tests in Alexandria, VA the 2nd Saturday of the month for any wanting to become Hams that can make the test session.
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N6QWI, back home in 1 Land. 1st License in about 1956
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I was interested in radio and all things electronic from a very early age. I used to listen to the local top band net most Saturday mornings when I was a kid, and intended to get the ham license one day. For some reason I never did get around to it, although I was a member of the RSGB since I was about 11 (RS39369).
I think most of you reading this already know that I worked for BT at Goonhilly. That involved all sorts of radio/satellite/microwave work, including trips out to the nearby ship-to-shore stations for maintenance sometimes.
I did take on two-way radio repair at one point as well, mostly marine VHF and CB (dropped out of the latter because although I had some good customers I just about got fed up with the not-so-good ones). I did maintain the license for that until a few years ago: 2F3LY.
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Right out of school, I worked a couple years for a company that did repairs/maintenance for radio/TV stations too small or cheap to have their own engineering dept. Mostly bench work on tape decks, CD players, and VTRs, but we also got the occasional call to get a failed transmitter back on-air. Usually an ancient vacuum-tube rig, filled with dust and dead mice.
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Any one (US) wanting to become a ham, go to QRZ.COM, on the left side of the web page there is a practice test. Robert You no longer need to pass a Morse Code test for any and all classes of ham license (tech, general and extra class). Just the written multiple choice tests. I don't think you folks want me as a Ham. Any station I touch gets taken over by Home Shopping! Not to worry, that can't happen with ham radio! FCC forbids it... :-)
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I am a licensed amateur operator, but have not been active for a few years.
I have never been directly involved in broadcast, but do know , more than the average person, how it works. And I was an avid FM and TV DXer back in the day.
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KC6SXC licensed since 1991. active on VHF/UHF
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