Hi there! I am still a new Ham so here is my story.
I started to get interested in Ham Radio around July, 2011. My best friend and neighbor, Caleb had a study guide book for the technician licensee that his dad had for about a year.Caleb didn't really have the time, and his dad never really got interested in it. So Caleb loaned me the book. I read it and started to discuss some of the stuff with Caleb. After a little while of me talking about it, he found some time and got interested in it. Then, once we finished the book Caleb's dad wanted to get licensed with us. He read the book, we all took about a month of practice tests, and found a test site. Going to the test site was one of the scariest things I ever did. Of course I could not sit near to Caleb, so that added to the nervousness factor. The test took about 45min to an hour for me, Caleb and his dad finished before me. I really didn't have anything to worry about though. I passed! Got at least one question wrong, but could not get my actual score. That was on Dec 3, 2011. My callsign, KD8RJY, took a week or two to come in. The cool thing was that since the three of us took the test at the same time are calls are: KD8RJW(Caleb's dad aka Uncle Mark), KD8RJX(Caleb), KD8RJY(Me).
About the time I took the tech exam, my brother Jake, who is not a Ham(I still have yet to get him into the hobby), met Dave Umbaugh, WA8JNM, who was to become my Elmer. Dave was excited to here about a young ham and gave Jake his email address to give to me. I got the email address and soon scheduled a time to meet. He helped me choose my first radio, setup a 10 meter half wave length dipole, and I have been over to this house a few times to play radio. Even helped him put up a vertical 5-band antenna. So that's where I am now, fifteen years old and enjoying Amateur radio!
Micah, KD8RJY
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