I passed the tech exam at DEFCON, but unfortunately there weren't any more answer sheets to take the general (or maybe even the extra) exam. Between fooling around with SDRs, listening to the "This Week In Radio Tech" podcast, helping set up an LPFM (with the associated engineering), and using the No-Nonsense study guides, I think I had a decent shot of getting an amateur extra class license.
But aside from the geek cred (and its associated shorter call sign), are there other reasons why I should try for these higher classes? I live in an apartment, so I probably can't deploy an HF antenna. I'm mostly interested in SDR-type stuff, which is primarily VHF/UHF.
But aside from the geek cred (and its associated shorter call sign), are there other reasons why I should try for these higher classes? I live in an apartment, so I probably can't deploy an HF antenna. I'm mostly interested in SDR-type stuff, which is primarily VHF/UHF.
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