I passed my technician exam! I'll have a callsign on Tuesday.
 

Here's my rig:

IC-V8000 with an X50 Antenna... (2M/440 BASE VERTICAL 4DB/7DB)

Gettin' the ol' feet wet soon!

I have a certificate of completion, and the guy told me I could
transmit with it. This has me more-or-less scratching my head, as I
was led to believe I could only transmit once I'm in the FCC database.
Don't want to start yakking it up before I can legally do so.

I'm excited, though. Can't wait to get on the air. :-)

And now I can say 73, and have it count.

73

DJM

P.S. I don't know if this is mediocre, but I missed two of the
questions.

"Daniel J. Morlan" wrote in message
om...
Here's my rig:

IC-V8000 with an X50 Antenna... (2M/440 BASE VERTICAL 4DB/7DB)

Gettin' the ol' feet wet soon!

I have a certificate of completion, and the guy told me I could
transmit with it. This has me more-or-less scratching my head, as I
was led to believe I could only transmit once I'm in the FCC database.
Don't want to start yakking it up before I can legally do so.

I'm excited, though. Can't wait to get on the air. :-)

And now I can say 73, and have it count.

73

DJM

P.S. I don't know if this is mediocre, but I missed two of the
questions.

Do you have a call yet? Don't sound like it. You can't put out a signal
without a callsign.

If you do have a callsign, and you upgraded from a Novice ticket, then you
can operate with your callsign and append it with /at (slash amateur
technician).

Dan/W4NTI

"Daniel J. Morlan" wrote in message
om...

I have a certificate of completion, and the guy told me I could
transmit with it. This has me more-or-less scratching my head, as I
was led to believe I could only transmit once I'm in the FCC database.
Don't want to start yakking it up before I can legally do so.

If your certificate of completion is for an upgrade and you already have
a callsign, you can use it to get on the air with new privileges. But if
this is a 'first time' call, and you don't have your callsign yet, then no,
you cannot get on the air.

However, you do not need to have the license physically 'in your hand'.
You can watch the FCC callsign database on the net, and as soon as
your name appears with a callsign associated with it, you can get on
the air with that.

"Daniel J. Morlan" wrote in message
om...
Here's my rig:

IC-V8000 with an X50 Antenna... (2M/440 BASE VERTICAL 4DB/7DB)

Gettin' the ol' feet wet soon!

I have a certificate of completion, and the guy told me I could
transmit with it. This has me more-or-less scratching my head, as I
was led to believe I could only transmit once I'm in the FCC database.
Don't want to start yakking it up before I can legally do so.

I'm excited, though. Can't wait to get on the air. :-)

And now I can say 73, and have it count.

73

DJM

P.S. I don't know if this is mediocre, but I missed two of the
questions.

If you do not have a current license, you must wait for your callsign to
appear in the FCC database. You do not have to wait for the paper license
to arrive.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

I had assumed this from the very beginning. I am hearing impaired,
and require hearing aids, so I may have heard the gentleman wrong. I
was flabbergasted at the suggestion, or what I thought the suggestion
was.

Bought a 13.8 DC Power Supply from Fry's... (Samlex). Big, 18
pounder. Hope it lasts a long time.

DJM


"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com...
"Daniel J. Morlan" wrote in message
om...
Here's my rig:

IC-V8000 with an X50 Antenna... (2M/440 BASE VERTICAL 4DB/7DB)

Gettin' the ol' feet wet soon!

I have a certificate of completion, and the guy told me I could
transmit with it. This has me more-or-less scratching my head, as I
was led to believe I could only transmit once I'm in the FCC database.
Don't want to start yakking it up before I can legally do so.

I'm excited, though. Can't wait to get on the air. :-)

And now I can say 73, and have it count.

73

DJM

P.S. I don't know if this is mediocre, but I missed two of the
questions.

If you do not have a current license, you must wait for your callsign to
appear in the FCC database. You do not have to wait for the paper license
to arrive.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE