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(11-05-2017, 10:51 AM)icampy Wrote: That is awesome, very cool. I bought a cheap 2m radio to tinker with, after school and then maybe an EMT-B cert this upcoming year, I plan to get a technician license.
Icampy,
you can listen to the space station downlink transmission's via 145.800FM as they fly over you, if they are talking to someone at the time. Your cheap 2m radio will do that!
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Oh man, my dad is a ham radio guy, and I was coerced into getting my license. Funny seeing all these people interested in it! I grew up with a giant antenna in our backyard.
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(12-07-2017, 05:35 PM)TyreneJones Wrote: Oh man, my dad is a ham radio guy, and I was coerced into getting my license. Funny seeing all these people interested in it! I grew up with a giant antenna in our backyard.
Well don't forget the 200,000 dollars or more of scholarship money available for ham radio operators. You could probably renew that license and qualify for a few thousand towards that degree of yours. applications are currently available.
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(11-06-2017, 07:55 PM)bluebooger Wrote: (11-06-2017, 06:50 PM)StoicJ Wrote: ...
firearms and stuff- like plinking with 22LR. Also have broken down/cleaned/fixed several WW2 rifles.
... Right now I live in Costa Rica.
... are you or your family from Costa Rica originally ?
if not, what are the firearm laws down there for immigrants ?
also land owning laws ?
I know immigrants can't own land in Thailand
and you have to be freaking rich to immigrate to New Zealand Sorry, just getting back into DF.
I do have family in Costa Rica, and am currently working on getting residency or POSSIBLY citizenship.
Residents and citizens can lawfully own firearms here. There's an application process that isn't too terribly expensive. Plus proficiency test and a psych eval. Shotguns and the more popular caliber handguns are no prob as I understand it. I am not sure what caliber rifles will fly. I don't think AK47 or AR15 variants will fly. BUT, I think it's more about "scary-looking guns" than actual calibers.
Even non-residents can take title to real property here. There's much that I really enjoy about this place, but the lack of hunting opportunities is something that will keep me from living here year-round. I might try Chile or Argentina down the line.
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Next "hobby", I'm signed up/registered for EMT-B class to complete on the side (online/hybrid course that runs July 1 to September). After finishing that, start my master's degree before the year ends.
Also have extrication training coming up in a few weeks, and wildland firefighting coming up a few weeks after that. I consider that stuff a hobby since I enjoy it, and it's all voluntary.
Still go to the range sometimes to let a few rounds go, but not nearly enough. Still do some observing (Jupiter is quite impressive right now, with Saturn close behind...low focal lengths for the win), but not nearly enough.
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(06-04-2018, 05:51 PM)icampy Wrote: ..Still do some observing (Jupiter is quite impressive right now, ...
so is Uranus
HA HA HA
never gets old
on a serious note .. this video is interesting
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