flwyd | (Reply)

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Thanks for the info, but I got the license for work back then, not because I was particularly interested. Actually, I organized a study group of about a half-dozen of us to be the first wave of satellite operators. Then, the satellite we were building wasn’t ready for its launch slot and never got another one. It’s still in a clean room at CU, waiting to be stripped for parts. I am still glad I did it, because I learned the phonetic alphabet and that antenna patterns are really weird. Beyond that, I remember very little of what I studied.

While I appreciate and support the continuing role of hams in our society, I’ve never had any interest in taking up the hobby. At this point, I’m mostly curious to see how many decades I go with an active license, never so much as touching a radio. ;)