Hello, Mortar!
Replying to a message of Mortar M. to Rug Rat:
You must be so proud.
Last month's meeting, we had one of our members who is the East Coast regional sales director for Bendix King, a high-end radio manufacturer, take and pass his Technican test on a whim. I am a VE for our club and I dared him to doi it. We do not charge test fees so he took it...and passed. LOL
We give him a hard timr now about being an "accidental ham".
He was able to get BK to donate a special system to us that allows club members to usxe both our 2 meter and220 meter repeaters over the Internet. The system is called InteropONE if you want to look it up.
I am an ARRL-accredited VE with the Laurel VEC out of Laurel, Maryland. It's one of the oldest VEC groups and they do not charge a test fee for any amateur radio license test.
-- Sean KS4TD/WSBW961
EM86ti / ks4td.us
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