>Wow! That sounds intriguing. I'm gonna start studying for my general and Extra license soon.
I was disappointed when I got my technician license, upgrading from
novice. Repeaters got old for me pretty quickly. The real fun, in my
opinion, is on the HF bands.
I don't mean to minimize what you can do on 2 meters and above, as
there's plenty to get involved with. But HF lets you talk around the
world, and I find that more interesting than satellite and ISS
communication. That's my opinion, of course. Plenty of people don't
upgrade from technician and are active in amateur radio. But what
we've found locally in our area is that people take and pass the
technician test, then get a Baofeng HT, and after using the local
repeaters give up and we never hear from them again. Few seem to stay
active unless they upgrade to general, where they can use the HF
bands, and it seems that's where most of the enjoyment is.
Donald KX8K
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