Thanks for that, I tried getting my ticket when I was 12, but I have a probelm with numbers and time, difficult to explain until I got a brain scan years later.

Thanks for that, I tried getting my ticket when I was 12, but I have a probelm with numbers and time, difficult to explain until I got a brain scan years later. But years later, thanks to the FCC dropping the CW requirement, I was able to pass the test, but I'm stuck as a Tech due to the brain injury, and plenty of Older Hams give me greif about being a Tech. I do what I can and promote Ham radio, I started a Ham club that lasted 2.5 years, taught classes, had them building 5 element, 2 Meter beams out of old TV antennas, I've tried for years to contact the ISS when a Ham was on board (still trying). It's way more than a hobby for me though, it's an intellectual persuit where one can build things too. If you're ever on the Mendocino coast, I always monitor 146.520, one of the few that does anymore. 73-