@667@k0stk maybe I’m lucky with the clubs around me in FL. They’d be so excited to help a new ham they would probably buy you breakfast, drive you to the test, and give you a radio. My club is growing with 100+ members. The other local group who doesn’t like club bureaucracy and paying dues just has a bi-weekly dinner at different restaurants. They are growing in size too.
@667 I’m already licensed … went “from zero to hero” on my own over a span of about 4 months back in 2011.
It’s just so frustrating seeing the obstacles which are constantly thrown in the way of people who want to become licensed (or upgraded).
Edit: licensing year
100%
That’s wild your club makes newbies sit through such a course and refuses any kind of modernizations. OMs for sure.
@667 @k0stk maybe I’m lucky with the clubs around me in FL. They’d be so excited to help a new ham they would probably buy you breakfast, drive you to the test, and give you a radio. My club is growing with 100+ members. The other local group who doesn’t like club bureaucracy and paying dues just has a bi-weekly dinner at different restaurants. They are growing in size too.