Originally Posted by
whistlerfan
congrats on passing the test. My grandad was a ham operator for a very long time until he passed away. I got into it somewhat but never got around to taking the test I would have passed but lost interest when he passed away. Although we would both together talk to other people on his rig around the world. As far as the rig make sure you get one that auto tunes and has a high quality digital read out. Their are a few ham stores still around they will guide you allot better then most people on this forum can. Most of the ones I have been to are pretty honest some will even let you try it out. One other thing. While their are allot of middle age people and maybe younger that do ham. I can tell you from experience that the majority of who you will be talking to will be 60 and up you will probably find people below that age group but not as many as you will find 60 and older. While their is nothing wrong with that. Sometimes the technology gap is very apparent when talking to them. A prime example of this is within the nursing home I use to go to. Their where atleast 20 ham operators in that one building alone. Thats not counting the 60 some ham operators that my grandad knew down at the senior citizen center. Several ham conventions we attended in the past contain mostly older folks.
Anyway not to make you lose interest or anything I hope you enjoy hamming it up as my grandad would say.
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