[Linux-ham] Congrats!

[Jeremy Portzer]

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Well I hate to say it, but the most awesome way of getting an IP
connection in your car has to be the Sprint PCS Vision phone and data
plan, like Mark Turner had setup at the hamfest.  But that's not free,
of course.

As far as 'ham for dummies' -- there are plenty of good books that help
prepare you for the FCC license examinations; there is a good amount of
electronics theory involved, but if you have prior experience you'll be
fine.  If not, the book I have -- Now You're Talking, published by ARRL
-- has quite a bit of intro electronics stuff in it.

--Jeremy

On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 07:06, Jim Ray wrote:
> i dunno about silly yet think difficult would be an appropriate
> descriptor.  with all that talk about pspice and ten zillion other
> things, i'm wondering if my little ole pea brain has the capacity to
> absorb the skills.
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> is there a ham for dummies manual or beginner's guide available that
> doesn't rely too heavily on analog circuit design but rather getting an
> IP connection in my car?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tanner Lovelace [mailto:lovelace@wayfarer.org]
> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:27 AM
> > To: linux-ham@trilug.org
> > Subject: Re: [Linux-ham] Congrats!
> >=20
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> > Jeremy Portzer wrote:
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> > >=20
> > > I don't think I've been resisting it.  I've been planning=20
> > to do this a
> > > while; I've had the study guide for several months. I just this week
> > > finally took the time to study.  I do find some of the=20
> > stuff hams do a
> > > bit silly, considering the availability and strengths of=20
> > the Internet,
> > > but there are definitely some valid uses.  Plus, I'm a geek.  :-)
> > >
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> > Just out of curiosity, what kinds of things that hams do do=20
> > you consider
> > "a bit silly"?  Perhaps some of use who have been hams for a while
> > can shed a bit of light on why they are done (or, instead agree and
> > say, yes they are silly. :-).
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