Wow! look at this guy's shack... What does yours look like? Email me a picture for the website.
News - StatesmanJournal.com: "There are 86 ham licensees in Dallas alone and nearly 1.5 million in the U.S. Nine joined the local ham community after a testing session in early February.
A radio as inexpensive as $100 to $150 will work for those wishing to become a part of the ham radio culture, Moellenberndt said, adding that serious users can spend upwards of $20,000 on equipment.
'One of the most important things to own is not the radio itself but the antenna,' Minehan said. 'The radio equipment you own is only as good as your antenna.'
His own setup includes a beam antenna with 600 feet of wire snaking through fir trees on his acreage just outside of Dallas.
'You can even used your own (rain) gutters or flagpole as a form of antenna,' he said.
Amateur radio around the world, then, seems mainly to be a mix of fun, friendship, convenience — and public service, the four Dallas group members said."
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