COUPLE OF THINGS
(Posted 2007-07-20 09:46:46 by ArchPaladin)

Firstly, visit this site [ http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/ ]
[songstowearpantsto.com].  Some of these are quite hilarious.  The site
owner makes songs based on instructions that you give him.

Secondly, sweet [
http://www.arrl.org/fcc/fcclook.php3?call=KB1PHB&=Submit+Query ]
[arrl.org].  I took the test on Wednesday, and had to go visit MIT to do
it.  They have a rather neat campus, by the way.  The one thing that I find
both interesting/unfortunate is that the last letters of my call sign (PHB)
are tech-speak for "pointy haired boss", referring to the inept boss
character from Dilbert.  If I get a higher class of license I'll get a new
call sign, so that will be something I'll have to do in the future.

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There are 2 comments on this post:

Comment #1 by Krys ( auggiememnon@yahoo.com ) on 2007-07-20 12:02:49
heh Awesome.  So do you have a radio of your very own, too?

Comment #2 by ArchPaladin ( blog@archpaladin.net ) on 2007-07-20 12:34:26
No I don't.  You think would be both a smart thing and a prerequisite for
this kind of stuff, right?

The whole "get your ham radio license" thing has all been something of an
impulse, particularly when I started.  I had wanted to get more into radio
tech for a while, but hadn't really bothered with it.  Then I had the
impulse to get my license but didn't really know why I wanted it or what
I'd do with it.

As I've spent some time studying for the exam and reading over material and
such I've come up with some ideas of things I'd like to try, so most of my
original ignorance has been converted from "I don't know what to do with
this" into "I don't know how to do what I want".  Most of these ideas
require money though (and permission from the condo association once we
move, as there could be antennas involved), so I don't know how that will
go.

I've been thinking that I should put money down for a small radio of sorts
that I could use, but I may save up and get something a little more
versatile instead.  I'll probably sit down and think over this decision
more once the move is finished.

The real bugger out of all of this is that I just got my license and in two
weeks I'm going to have to notify the FCC to change my mailing address.