Fantastic! IMO Extra is definitely worth it as it opens up areas of the bands far less cluttered. You also don't have to worry if you're outside of your class space.
When I get to Extra and get my antenna up, I'll ask you to respond to some CQs so I can do some testing
Just be careful, easy way to dox yourself once someone knows your callsign.
This.
OP, just feel out a few users you talk to on the regular here and send a few private messages if you want.
Not me, tho. Also, congrats on your tests!
Would love to. Perhaps post a frequency and time and I can be one of the anonymous many that take the CQ. I won't share my call here and suggest you do not either. It's a simple matter to use ULS to dox your address of record. I also hope you used a PO Box for your FRN. If not get one and change your address of record ASAP.
I was on the fence about a PO Box. It would cost me ~$200/year in my area. Not a huge expense, just more of a pain in the ass. But my concern is that I would never check it, and if FCC actually sent me something via snail mail I'd never get it. One of the VEs said just make an account at qrz.com and populate the address fields as you wish. Almost everyone looking up call signs hits qrz.com. Not exactly a foolproof and secure method to be sure, but it's something. I'm still on the fence and may pull the trigger on it anyway. Still not sure.
Exactly!
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