Just passed my amateur radio test today!

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I have long been interested in radio, and today, nearly 26 years after I got my first shortwave radio at age 12, I'm a licensed Technician, the first amateur radio license level. I plan to take the General (level two) exam in a month or two. The thing is, I don't know what to do now. I got a complimentary free membership in an amateur radio club, but it's located in a suburb about 30 miles from where I live, I live in a poor area of Sacramento and there aren't any clubs here. I plan to get a cheap Chinese made 2m/70cm handheld off Ebay, but that only reaches to the nearby repeater, and I don't know if there's any repeaters where I live. Also, I'm shy and don't make friends easily, in fact I have no friends right now. This may be less of a problem when I get to General, since then I will have access to shortwave. Any other active amateur radio aspies here?

i'm a sw man myself, spent many many hours in my years 12 -16 glued to short wave receivers, was himebrew mad, obstructive parents little monmey, taught myself cw to ... came back to the hobby yr 1999 ... first time around was 1969 -75.

little realised my isolation / incredible enthusiasm was aspi related.... tho where we lived was a real backwater so hw else but cld be isolated ! !!

gp sort wave I say .... real radio !

hope this helps.....
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Always had a fascination for SW radio and would love to obtain an operators license. I don't what to tell you about getting a more powerful radio but just look around for a deal.

Congrats on becoming an amateur radio technician. I have no understanding of amateur radio so can't advise you on wha tto do, other than to check out the club you got a membership for once to just see how it is.

Grats!

I work mostly 2m in the Los Angeles area, and just acquired some gear for 80m to 10m operation. Now all I need is to sneak a few dipoles and a longwire up onto the roof without the XYL/YF finding out...



73!

Well, I did some research and it turns out that there are a number of repeaters around here. There's a club, the North Hills Radio Club, that covers all of Sacramento north of the American River (the river that cuts Sacramento County into north and south). I am studying for my General right now and intend to take the test on Sept 15. I am more interested in HF anyway.