[BlindTlk] Amateur Radio Information, please.

[andrew edgcumbe]

I thought hams are  or were not done anymore as it is old technology.

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM Ericka via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> TYT handheld’s are fantastic and mine is analog/DMR. It’s fully accessible
> with speech chip included and it’s only like $95. Contact WI9 hf at att.NET
> for where to purchase. My husband has a repeater and everything so he’s a
> great resource. He’s seen the changes as he’s been a ham for over 30 years.
> Or you can contact him at 6:08-575–7991. Glad to have another woman want to
> get in on the action Judy!
>
> Ericka Nelson
> KD9VBX
>
> > On Aug 9, 2025, at 5:00 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > My husband and I are both considering getting back into the world of ham
> > radio.  Actually, I was the one who is a former ham, but it has been
> years.
> >
> >
> >
> > I've done some initial research and the licensing has changed as well,
> and
> > no more need for Morse code, although I still remember it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyway, please advise of first steps, any support lists, and accessible
> > radio sets.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mine, back in the day was an old Heathkit, and I could not load it
> myself.
> > My dad and I had taken up ham radio as a hobby, so he had the radio up
> and
> > running any time.  I was better at the code, so helped that way.  We
> > unofficially "shared" a license.  This was the Novice license.  I was
> almost
> > ready to take the General when we were transferred overseas with the Air
> > Force, and no ham radio allowed in the area where we lived, so close to
> the
> > East German boundary.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyway, thanks for helping us with advice.
> >
> >
> >
> > Judy
> >
> > (formerly WN0CGG
> >
> >
> >
> > "Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings."
> >
> >
> >
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