Just thought I'd introduce myself. The name is PJ and I only recently got interested in emergency communications. I live in the Houston area but I've got a place in the middle of nowhere where cellphones only occasionally work. After a little research, I settled on ham as my choice. As a first step, I needed to get my license so I went ahead and got my extra. Overkill, I know, but I was testing at NASA so had to keep up with Jones's. ::)
Now to learn something about it! Unfortunately, I don't know anyone into amateur radio so I'm picking up what I can. I'm mostly interested in regional comms preferably without relying on repeaters, satellites, etc. Power won't be critical so I'm planning on staying with phone or, should I say, not learning Morse. ;)
Looks like this is going to be a great place to get answers to the questions I don't even know yet!
Now to learn something about it! Unfortunately, I don't know anyone into amateur radio so I'm picking up what I can. I'm mostly interested in regional comms preferably without relying on repeaters, satellites, etc. Power won't be critical so I'm planning on staying with phone or, should I say, not learning Morse. ;)
Looks like this is going to be a great place to get answers to the questions I don't even know yet!