I had long been interested electronics, and the study required to get my ham license really expanded my education and knowledge in this area. I’m no EE or anyth

I had long been interested electronics, and the study required to get my ham license really expanded my education and knowledge in this area. I’m no EE or anything but I eventually learned enough to be competent with creating simple projects or following a schematic to build something on my own from scratch. I never moved past a lowly technician license (mainly because of a lack of time and interest around learning Morse code) but I still found it immensely rewarding. The big barrier originally for really getting into the hobby was the cost of equipment. Even newer second hand equipment could cost hundreds of dollars. Now a barrier for me is HOA restrictions that prevent me from setting up antennas and not wanting to deal with interference complaints from my neighbors. With how cheap radios are these days maybe it’s time to get a couple handhelds to mess with again.