Hello, TOM.

Monday November 21 2011 at 06:12, you wrote to me:

 TW> Answers to the question pool and little to NO theory behind it. Most
 TW> do'nt even know what to do after they buy a Hanmdheld.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the theory so I can get my Extra
(but I have too many other more important things, quite frankly, to do with
my time since I no longer own a HF rig).  I actually have all 700+
questions, with answers, downloaded in a PDF on my computer.  I'm going
through those questions and looking up the answers so I understand.  After
my car accident in 2008, my short-term memory isn't the greatest (as
evidenced by the trouble I'm having in college currently) so I try to drill
it in my head.  I -do- want to understand theory so I can optimize my
little radio setup. :)

There's a lot of people who enjoy VHF/UHF and don't want to do anything
else with it and that's fine.  However, from what I've seen in the short 14
years I've had my license is that once a new ham gets a taste of HF, they
will generally upgrade to their General.

I'm only upgrading to my Extra because I can.  Well, that and a little more
bandwidth to call DX in. :)

73,
Sean

... The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know

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