Who does HAM radios?

[SuperBuickGuy]

she's a ham too.... and she passed

[200kss]

I haven't taken the test but my Father and brother have, and passed. Buddy of mine's call sign is W0ZM. We use HAM radio's on an oddball channel to talk to eachother on the Power Tour. Much clearer and better range than those damn walkie talkies.

Getting my license is on my someday list.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Now I'm an official Ham, the government says so

[SuperBuickGuy]

I haven't taken the test but my Father and brother have, and passed. Buddy of mine's call sign is W0ZM. We use HAM radio's on an oddball channel to talk to eachother on the Power Tour. Much clearer and better range than those damn walkie talkies.

Getting my license is on my someday list.

if I can pass it, anyone can - get the book by Gordon West, read the questions and answers.... answer 26 (or more) of the 35 questions correctly.

Website

http://www.arrl.org/

lists testing organizations and places to take the test along with what you need.

[Deaf Bob]

I WANNA BE A HAM!!

Oh. Gotta hear? Nevermind!

[SuperBuickGuy]

I WANNA BE A HAM!!

Oh. Gotta hear? Nevermind!

nobody listens anyway - so I can't imagine that lack of hearing would be an impediment.

Seriously though, they still do Morse code and there are speech to text programs available.

[Beagle]

speech to text is still pretty much in it's infancy but it's fun to read sometimes as long as you know it's probably horked the sentence.

[Deaf Bob]

speech to text is still pretty much in it's infancy but it's fun to read sometimes as long as you know it's probably horked the sentence.

Probably!?!???
No doubt!
Turn your sound off the next time the news comes on and bring up closed captions..
And see how lost you really are..
There is a local newsguy Ben Senger.. CC shows his name as one word binzinger...
I can never remember the shit that gets fudged up .. It's hilarious sometimes...

[SuperBuickGuy]

speech to text is still pretty much in it's infancy but it's fun to read sometimes as long as you know it's probably horked the sentence.

STT is pretty good - lawyers use dictation machines pretty regularly, and some of the better speech-to-text programs have replaced lots of entry level legal positions. The best ones make you speak the alphabet and specific words to be able to recognize how you talk. Perfect? no, you still have to proof read.