One of our goals when we put together the club (and this website) was to act as a beacon to others that might be interested in ham radio. I met with a fella today that had some radio questions. Even better, he had an old Kenwood radio that someone had given him and he wasn’t sure it worked. We met up at a local park and I setup my Icom 7300 and a Tarheel antenna. He brought his Kenwood TS-403S, a radio that was first released around 1983. I graduated high school in 1983… lol! We got his radio up and running and connected it to the Tarheel and had a few QSOs on 20m. So, all in all, in a very brief amount of time we determined that his radio worked just fine - pretty cool for a radio that is 43 years old.
He talked about studying for his exam and getting licensed, so we talked about that process along with our plans to offer a class in May, when he casually mentioned that he had held a novice license back in the day. Exciting, I said, as the FCC will grant him a general class license once he passes the Technician exam. Said in a more FCC-manner, they’ll provide credit for the Element 3 exam (written general class exam) when he passes the Tech exam. Wow, how cool is that?
All in all, a fun afternoon.
He talked about studying for his exam and getting licensed, so we talked about that process along with our plans to offer a class in May, when he casually mentioned that he had held a novice license back in the day. Exciting, I said, as the FCC will grant him a general class license once he passes the Technician exam. Said in a more FCC-manner, they’ll provide credit for the Element 3 exam (written general class exam) when he passes the Tech exam. Wow, how cool is that?
All in all, a fun afternoon.
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