Hi Tom,

Thanks for the information and good luck next week.  Let us know how it
goes.

Don  W6SMB



On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:38:55 -0600, Tom Brennan wrote:

>Don, the current entry level is the tech.  I'm going to take my exam next week
>so am familiar with the stuff (I hope <g>).  All code is 5wpm now and its sent
>at 16wpm speech with 5wpm spacing.  The code with the tech will give you cw and
>phone (ssb) on 10m and cw on 80, 40, and 20m.  Of course, those are restricted
>sections of the bands but still let you get on hf to experience a bit of skip.
>
>Handi-hams requires membership and yhou have to purchase most materials from
>them.  You can, however, get the tech question pol from the ARRL site.
>
>Now if I can just find someone to practice some cw with before next Wednesday I
>can go for the code with the tech <g>.
>
>Tom
>
>
>Tom Brennan, CCC-A/SLP, RHD
>web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html