To take the test to get your license or to upgrade your license is the only thing you pay a VEC for.Why do you pay a VEC????
To take the test to get your license or to upgrade your license is the only thing you pay a VEC for.Why do you pay a VEC????
From ARRL's website...Why do you pay a VEC????
From ARRL's website...
"VECs are allowed to collect an examination reimbursement fee from each
candidate who takes one or more exam elements. These exam fees help
the VEC recover its costs of providing its services. Per FCC Rule §97.527,
VECs and VEs may be reimbursed by examinees for out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in preparing, processing, administering or coordinating an examination
for an amateur operator license. "
That's for taking a test. Not renewing!
avvidclif,
Our VEC charges 6 bucks to renew your ham license. - I paid HAPPILY to avoid the "paper or PC hassle" that renewing usually is.
My license was renewed in about 5 minutes.
yours, satx
Yes but one is now going to have to add the $35 for a renewal. Not that $35 every 10 years is going to hurt most hams I am afraid it will discourage new operators.
John here. KF5ZMD
Lake Travis area.
I mostly use amateur radio with my volunteer activities.
Yep. I use a PO Box for mine. Not that it helps that much since most people's address is public domain anyway.And just a reminder to all us Hams that your callsign and all the personal info associated with it is in the public domain.
David, KI5GHO here.
Spent more money on Ham stuff this year than I did on gun stuff but enjoy both hobbies...
There's a handful of 0.5-30 MHz 5W transceivers available. Could get one of those and add an amp. You can run 100W on 60m, btw... There's some older radios out there as well, like the Motorola Micom line.To All,
What I really WANT is a "dedicated" 50W mobile rig for "after the storm R&R" for 60M BUT nobody that I can find actually makes one.
("A little bird" told me that we hams are going to get 25-50 MORE USB channels on 60m , AS THE COMMERCIAL MARINE folks that were once on HF Marine Radiotelephone are GONE forever.)
73 de satx
There's a handful of 0.5-30 MHz 5W transceivers available. Could get one of those and add an amp. You can run 100W on 60m, btw... There's some older radios out there as well, like the Motorola Micom line.
It went up to 100w in 2012. If you're good with 20w, this one ought to do. https://amzn.to/2KJ0oo7TheDan,
My ARRL book (which is 4-5 years OLD) says 50W ERP max output on 60M.
(OFTEN 10W is plenty for groundwave USB transmissions with a Inverted-V dipole.)
USB and LSB, although there are several versions of it so make sure you can select USB on whichever one you're looking at.Will a Motorola Micom do USB??
It went up to 100w in 2012. If you're good with 20w, this one ought to do. https://amzn.to/2KJ0oo7
USB and LSB, although there are several versions of it so make sure you can select USB on whichever one you're looking at.