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[jgrafton]

This has been a relatively unexciting weekend. I guess the main highlight is that I finally went out and purchased a radio, ending up with a Yaesu FT-60R. I charged it up overnight, and have been playing with it a bit today. I was able to pick up repeaters from Bluemont, VA, Greenbelt, MD, and Rockville, MD, though I didn't try transmitting myself - I doubt I would've been able to hit any of them, anyhow. I didn't find any other activity though, so I'm not sure if my location is crappy (kinda at the bottom of a few hills), there's too much interference, my radio can't pick up that much with its stock antenna, or if there just wasn't much activity this afternoon.

I guess we'll have to see.

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[languishinghack.livejournal.com]

woah, jgrafton is going into ham radio?

[jgrafton]

yeah, I finally got around to getting a license earlier this spring, and am just now trying to actually start doing something with it.