July 20, 2006
I Did It!
I've been studying for the Extra class Amateur Radio license exam for a few years. (Well, not exactly. I started studying a few years ago and only a month or two ago regained interest.) Tonight I took a trip down to Austin, MN to take the test.
I was the only candidate that showed up. It was a nice relaxing atmosphere and I passed with room to spare. They said I got 8 wrong (out of 50 questions) where you are allowed 13. Now I don't know what to do. I've had my nose stuck in that darn book so much lately that I feel strange not having to worry about it.
With the exception of the open book review for accreditation for the ARRL/VEC, I'm pretty much done with tests for Amateur Radio. Now I can actually focus on operating and not worry about the fact that there is an upgrade that I have not yet achieved.
July 12, 2006
Solder Smoke
I've been listening to a podcast called Solder Smoke. It's two guys (KL7R and M0HBR) that talk about homebrew projects and other stuff. They have been working on some really interesting projects and all of the past episodes are available on their site.
