Tzale
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February 16th, @08:36PM
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Re: Fcc listening?
said by Matt  :Tzale, good for you! That is quite an accomplishment. It takes all of 15 minutes and a rudimentary understanding of electronics and radio propagation to take the test to become a HAM. You deserve your spectrum.  Progress is progress. Please step aside and let progress take its course. Uh, I think you have the Extra class confused with the Technician and even General class license.... Sure, the technician class license is easy (VHF/UHF), but General and especially Extra require a lot of knowledge.
You can become a ham in a day or two of studying for the "Technician" class, but for the others, it requires much more.
Don't be an idiot, learn about it before you bash it. I had to learn CW, which took well over a month of daily study for an hour, and that is just for General. The FCC has relaxed the requirements A LOT in the last few years, even eliminating the CW requirement on December 19th 2006, which will go into effect Feb. 23rd, but you still need a good electronic understanding to get an Extra class license. It is by NO means easy to get, most people who earn that license are Electronic Engineers.
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