Darren,

Welcome to the fascinating hobby of ham radio.  I'm sure you will enjoy it a 
lot.  Your name is familiar, possibly from some other email lists, maybe 
from for-the-people.

Here is a link to a good repeater database:
http://www.artscipub.com/repeaters/

You can search by state, then narrow your results to a city/town.
Steve, K8SP


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Duff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6:16 PM
Subject: my intro new ham and new to the list.


> Hi fellow hams.
>
> My name is Darren and I am a new ham holding a tech license. I am still
> waiting on my call sign to appear in the ARRL database so I don't even 
> have
> that yet.
>
> I bought a WOUXUN KG-UV2D VHF/UHF Dual Band HT because of the talking
> features that it has. I have been listening to it for about a week and a
> half now wishing I could say hello to all of the wonderful people I was
> hearing and check in to the nets as well.
> I have had a great mentor in to the world of ham radio. I am a drummer and 
> I
> play in the worship band at my church. My bass player James Millsap call
> sign WB4NWS turned me on to amateur radio.
>
> I had known of blind hams for years but never took an interest in it.
> Now, I am hooked!  I still don't understand frequencies and bands and 
> such,
> Jim having programmed my radio for me. But I want to learn how to do it on
> my own.
> There is a big ham fest coming up here in about a week and I can't wait to
> go. I am planning on buying a mag mount for when I am on the road, and
> getting a better antenna that I can put up on top of my house for better
> reception when I am not mobile. I might even get a hat with my call on it
> just for fun lol!
>
> I do have a question here.... How do you go about finding repeater
> information? Is there an accessible repeater directory?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
> It's great to be a part of such a cool group of people, and I'm  talking
> about hams in general not just this list smile.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Darren Duff.
>
> Drummer for The Overflow worship band!
>
> Band web site http://www.theoverflowband.com
> <http://www.theoverflowband.com/>
>
> Personal Phone: (678)936-6113
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