i am interested in getting a ham licence, but on the ARRL website i cannot find any classes in the nearby area. im in Butte Co. and willing to travel a few miles, i have not aqquired a radio yet, as im not sure what i would be looking for.
...So being in the sac valley were its pretty flat what knid of range can you talk? I know with cb you can do 20 miles or so usually pretty good.
...my thought for going ham was the availabilty to maybe make local contacts, cause you all now how cb talk is.
as i first stated i was interested in getting into ham, not just for the use for reporting weather events, i have tried to email a local ham club but have not recieved any responce, i have a cb, but everyone knows how that is, so i am looking at getting into a new hobby, i have had mention by a previous post there is a local test coming up, others have posted great info for studing material, but as being new to this, i have questions like getting a handheld or mobile, what kinda ranges to expect, my old resource for answering all things radio passed away a few years ago, none of my friends do this kinda stuff, and i dont know anyone locally to just check out how all this stuff works,