License

Levels

Technician

General

Need to get here for HF.

Amateur Extra

Gear

Baofang

Cheap Chinese gear.

Good starter radio.

Replace the antenna early.

Microbit X

Let’s you do HF on low power.

Test

Multiple choice.

A lot of practice tests available.

80% passing score.

Morse code requirement removed about 10 years ago.

Study to pass the test.

-Mad Dog

They want everyone who takes the test to pass.

-K

Activities

Repeating

Be a bro, seed don’t leech.

Communications Volunteer

Help out with public events like the Boston Marathon to help relay information.

Apocalypse Preparation

Yell into the void after the grid goes down.

Field Day

Make as many contacts as you can.

Log information into a giant database and see how many contacts you can get.

Get to see and use a lot of gear from others.

Logging Infomration

Find new signals and log it for the world to hear.

Open Source VOIP Community

Not too sure what this is, but some new side network with new numbers.

Community

HAMs

Users of HAM radio. True meaning of name lost to time.

Nice group overall. Sound a lot like model train people.

Elmer

A HAM radio mentor.

Log

It’s typical to keep a log book of different contacts you’ve made.

Game-ified to hit different awards (i.e. total contacts, furthest distance)