[clug] Linux and Amateur Radio

[Neill Cox]

I'd love to improve my soldering skills (ie gain any).  I have a growing
list of highly impractical Arduino projects, that would probably be
significantly more practical if I could solder.

Cheers,
Neill

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Adam Baxter <voltagex at voltagex.org> wrote:

> Count me in!
> I'd be interested in both learning to solder, and gaining a HAM license.
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Conrad Canterford <
> conrad at mail.watersprite.com.au> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 21:34 +1100, Mike Carden wrote:
> > > Life, work and Uni have intervened in
> > > the meantime but I have dusted off my radio quals to again hold a
> > > license as an amateur.
> >
> > I'm thinking of re-entering the amateur radio ranks, after many many
> > years of inactivity. The main thing holding me back is deciding whether
> > I get a standard licence or an advanced. I can get a standard without
> > argument because the ACMA records show that I hold an old Novice
> > qualification. To get an advanced will require me to dig out some
> > paperwork to show I was given exemption from having to hold the "full"
> > theory qualification to hold the limited licence on academic study
> > grounds, because that information does not appear in ACMAs records. To
> > be honest, I probably don't need an advanced, but a part of me hates
> > giving up ground just to avoid an argument with bureaucracy... :-).
> >
> > > Are there enough Amateur Radio cluggers or cluggers with an interest
> > > in electronics / radio to start something new, or are the radio / make
> > > / clug lists enough?
> >
> > Well, I'd be interested.
> >
> > My previous experiences with trying to make electronic components into
> > electronic gadgets have conclusively demonstrated a fundamental
> > inability to use a soldering iron in a way that results in a functioning
> > end product. Add to that, my knowledge of the theory is so distant now
> > that I'd have to re-learn pretty much everything anyway. I'd be more
> > hindrance than help to anyone else, but I'd be interested in following
> > along with other peoples work.
> >
> > Conrad.
> > (formerly the holder of a novice, then a combined novice/limited amateur
> > licence under the old licence arrangements).
> >
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