Passed the element 3 exam tonight, but with the government being shut down and all that I'm anticipating that it'll be a while before the license upgrade actually goes through
@bamfic Thanks! Good to know, now I can go bug some friends about letting me borrow their HF rigs
@bamfic Whoa, a $59 SSB transceiver. Thanks for the link, I'll definitely be considering one of these kits
@jakob it'll probably also be a while before licenses will be enforced if you know what I mean