New Ham Excited To Start Planning For Expenses Of His New Hobby

GIBBSTOWN, OREGON – The tri-county area has several new amateur radio operators, thanks to a recent ham radio license exam session.

One of the newly minted “hams” is Myron Tidwell.

“I’ve already started a multi-tabbed spreadsheet to track what I’ll need to spend to start my new hobby!” Tidwell said.

“The main tab lists the radio gear I’ll need, another has furniture need for my shack, another outlines the costs of QSL cards and allocations for a postage increase every two years.”

He is already planning to share the spreadsheet in a presentation at an upcoming ham radio club meeting.

“They’re gonna love the pivot tables that total everything up! And, wow, they will really be impressed with the dollar amount. It’s big!” he said.

By K5KVN, on the scene