Congrats Kevin...I've been in the hobby for years and jus took up Jeeping
fairly recently...my call at the present is VE1WWH (WWH=worlds worst ham)
but have been contemplating on changing it to VE1MUD..lol

--
Jeff
'03 TJ & '95 ZJ
"jbjeep" > wrote in message
...
> >>Ham radio? WOW! I am glad that people are still fueling this hobby. I
> >>honestly thought with the Internet, IMs, blackberries and VOIP that Ham
> >>radios have gone bye bye... cool to see it around... now if only i can
dig
> >>up my call sign from 15 years ago...
> >>
>
> Seriously not dead. Granted I only use mine when wheeling or traveling.
We had
> enough interest just in our club (and several folks who are qualified to
give the
> tests are members of our club) that we held an open test and 17 or 18
people got
> their licenses that day. Some even did the next test up from the tech
test and got
> their rating. Its seriously good stuff out here in the PNW where there
are repeaters
> on the mountains but you can only get cell coverage along the freeways.
Not to
> mention its great in a caravan too, easy to make decisions on when and
where to stop
> since everyone who has a radio can hear and chime in.
>
> -jenn
> K7MUD
>
>