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Well, I think the tests are still necessary. And no, I didn't find them a walkover. Some subjects yes, others were tough for me.

Howdy ! And welcome aboard !

Some book store chains carry the 'Ham Radio for Dummies' book now in its 3rd edition. They may also carry the study guide, or can order it for you, for Technician license.

Note that some hams like...

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Congrats and welcome to the hobby !

Hello Gambiore, welcome to the forums.

Hello and welcome from N4 land !

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Howdy and welcome aboard !

Internet providors used to be local, mostly. Now we get to deal with MegaCorp who says they want to help their customers.

Some years ago I had a cable tv company email address. Some spammer...

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I found out my Internet provider filters emails about 10 years ago. They don't tell me when, nor what, they filter other than they claim its all spam.

They used to filter my password reset...

I was commenting that that is the only way to reduce noise on 2m.

I asked one of the other hams in my club, and he said the way to reduce noise on 2m was to go digital.

Are you on a local repeater frequency ? High voltage power lines nearby ? A line transformer nearby ?

Are there other hams in your area that you can contact to see if they have the same problem ?

You might check your email filters as some on eQSL forums have said they don't get the emails, and find them in their email filters.

Have you tried contacting them ?

Here ya go, contact page...

My dsp filter cleans up what I can hear on hf. The filter isn't a notch filter, but one that filters out the noise floor. The dial can be turned too far, or not far enough. I have found it to be very...

There are div/li menus that you can put at the top of each page, just below the <,head> part.

Here is a link to the one I use, note there are adverts.
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Hello. I am fairly new to ham radio myself.

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I don't know if this will help or not. I tried my Western Mountain dsp filter on my 2m base station/portable. It didn't seem to do much for the noise floor. I have the previous version than the one...

From the look of the link, they went from html to a php style web site. Also says on main page it is no longer being updated.

So I wouldn't have to wait, I got my vanity call when I passed the General test. Many 1x3 calls available.

I presume I'll find out the method once I start proctering tests. My vanity call took 19 days, and I did it online at fcc.goc.

Here are some photos. The antenna photo is from a couple of years ago. We got 4 inches of snow.

My desk is a complete mess now... I need to clean it up. The 24 hour clock, lower bit, is just...