Tomorrow, I will be Net Control for the Southern Nevada MARA net, which is a ham radio group. I’m excited. I’ve only had my ham radio ticket just under 6-months, and I will be running the net tomorrow.
If any one is interested, the net meets on Saturdays at 8:30 am and Mondays at 9:00 pm on VHF 147.27+ and is also linked on UHF 447.30- (PL 100).
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I’ve been interested in ham radio/amateur radio for a while now. Well, today, my dear, sweet wife, myself, and 4 other people from our Ward went and took the ham radio license exam. All 6 of us were not currently licensed ham radio operators. Currently the FCC offers 3 ham radio license classes; Technician, General, and Extra. All 6 of us passed the first test (the technician), 2 of us (including myself) passed the general test, and 1 passed all 3 today. We could miss 9 questions on the 35-question test for both Technician and General. Both Amanda and I missed 3-questions on the Technician and I missed 9 on the general. One might say I got a perfect score on the general! 
Our Ward had no ham radio operators in it before today. It now has 1 Extra, 1 General, and 4 Technicians! We do have to wait until our name appears in the FCC’s ULS database, which should be about Thursday. I’m excited. We’re talking about setting up a Ham Radio Club (since we need 4-members, and we have 6). Maybe North Las Vegas LDS Hams? Or North Las Vegas Mormon Hams? Latter-day Hams?
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I’ve been in contact with a Registered Instructor for the American Radio Relay League here in Vegas. He has offered to come to the LDS Church near my house to teach free Ham Radio classes. The classes will most likely be Wednesday or Thursday night at about 6:30 pm and will last for 6-weeks. Anyone interested?
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