Any other hams on the board? For those of you that aren't...consider it. It's a good hobby that gives you a chance to perform an occasional community service. Back in the day you used to have to know Morse code to get a license, but those days are gone. You can take a 35 question multiple guess test and get in to the hobby now. Lots of really fun techy stuff. You can do soundcard digital modes like RTTY, PSK, SSTV...check out some of the SSTV sigs at http://www.worldsstv.com/ (http://www.worldsstv.com/)
If you want to play with Morse code and an old style telegraph key, there is a club called SKCC at http://www.skccgroup.com/ (http://www.skccgroup.com/)
More info at http://www.arrl.org/ (http://www.arrl.org/) or if you want to ask me a question, I'll check back in on this thead occasioally.
all though there are 3 ham user in my family Ive never got into it.
N5VFX (dad) Tim Pierce
KC5QLO (mom) Kay Pierce
KC5PKX (Bro) Trent Pierce
most of these where used before cell phones got to be so cheep, but they still do a lot of skywarn stuff
~Java