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Is it just me or is there ALWAYS someone on this group explaining why
somebody else should not try something or do something? How on earth
is anyone supposed to learn anything if they only do what they have
knowledge and experience in? This is what college does to people,
makes them extremely wary of learning things on their own or seeing
other people attempt to do so.

It may have been the way you asked the question. If you had just asked what
would be a good way of getting into ham radio and what would it take to talk
around 100 to 200 miles for fun the response may have been differant. Your
first statements made it seem like you wanted reliable communications for
emergencies.

Anyway get a license and have fun. That seems to be your main objective.

If you have not checked into it, the license should be easy for someone that
has an electronic background and any RF experiance at all. Just memorize
the exect questions and answers. You can find them many places on the
internet. You can go to arrl.org for one. Then go to qrz.com and take the
practice test to see how well you are doing. You may even want to go there
first and see how well you do without any perperation. Having been a ham
for over 35 years and into electrical and electronic work, I can run through
a test in less than 15 minuits and get around a 85% or higher. That is not
even looking at the study questions in many years. I think a 70% is
passing.