Author Topic: How were you started? (Read 15487 times)

K0DXC · « **on:** February 18, 2008, 04:34:54 PM »

Hello all! I\'m Calvin, a 13 year old ham of MN. How were you started off in Ham radio. I know that most kids have parents that get them involved but in my case it was my grandpa.

for more info you can read my bio at qrz.com or click on the link below

73

WV6Z · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2008, 04:49:04 PM »

Hi Calvin,

I\'m 49 and have only been a ham for going on 11 years now. I dabbled in CB off and on (mostly off) since I was about your age, prior to that I was strictly and SWL and enjoyed building crystal sets. I always wished that I had my ticket, but I thought you had to be a rocket scientist to get one, so I never bothered. Then, along came the internet and after discovering pretty much anybody could get their license and it wasn\'t that hard (after checking out the stuff on ARRL), I went ahead and went for it.

I wish my dad or granddad had been into amateur radio and the only guy in one of the towns that I grew up in that was a ham was the mean old guy that ran kids out of his yard, so, I never got brave enough to ask him what his tower and antennas were for.

Well, that\'s my story, abbreviated, and there is a bit more on my qrz.com bio. I hope more young hams show up to use the site here, Buddy has a nice one here for us to use. M3h, I\'m not a young ham anymore..... not on the outside anyway, just on the inside, and besides, "I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night." :blues:

K0DXC · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2008, 04:52:59 PM »

It sure is an advantage having a family member be a ham. My grandpa helped me get started, even equipment wise! I probably wouldn\'t have a very good signal on the air right now if it wasn\'t for him.

WV6Z · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2008, 04:53:40 PM »

FWIW Clavin, you know you could make this YOUR area ya know.

K0DXC · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2008, 05:30:10 PM »

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Let us know what you use and what works best.

k9yli · « **Reply #6 on:** January 04, 2010, 10:57:00 AM »

I also started in Minnesota. at least the interest.
a couple of us in Sherburn high school formed a radio club.
no one got licensed but we played with radios and electricity a bit.

I went on to get 2nd phone by the time i was 21. joined the army.
got conditional there. went on to advanced 25 years later.
I have GROL since \'85
I worked backwards from commercial to an amateur license.