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It’s two years now since I got the license to legally broadcast on the Amateur Radio bands. It takes skill, and knowledge. You can’t just tuck a ham radio into a bug out bag or emergency kit and expect to use it when you need it. I’m still screwing around with UHF/VHF radios. I also use the HF bands, made a few contacts, no international contacts from the US yet. Antennas are not just simple wires in a tree (but the can be if you know what you are doing.)

It’s two years now since I got the license to legally broadcast on the Amateur Radio bands. It takes skill, and knowledge. You can’t just tuck a ham radio into a bug out bag or emergency kit and expect to use it when you need it. I’m still screwing around with UHF/VHF radios. I also use the HF bands, made a few contacts, no international contacts from the US yet. Antennas are not just simple wires in a tree (but the can be if you know what you are doing.)

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I watched YouTube videos while using my treadmill, 30 minutes a day and watched classes by W4EEY. I took practice tests on my smart phone. (Using a Free App.) before I knew it I was scoring a 100% on the Technician License test, I kept going, a month later I was also scoring in the high 90s on the General exam. I kept going, by my test date I was passing the Amateur Extra exam. On test day I paid $15, took the first test, 100%! Took the General test, 97%, asked for and took the Amateur Extra, 94%. (Fun to pass all three tests in one sitting but a word of caution I walked out with an Amateur Extra license but didn’t know jack-shit how to use ham radio! Hence my warning it takes practice, I’ve learned a lot in the last two years but no where close to what an Amateur Extra licensed ham radio operator should know, but studying hard.) HRCC YouTube channel has taught me a lot and helped close my knowledge gap.