Make: Volume 77

Getting a Technician license (and callsign!)

is easy and worthwhile. It requires correctly

answering at least 26 out of 35 multiple-

choice questions drawn from a published

pool of 428, plus a $15 FCC fee. Classes, prep

books, and practice exams make it possible

for just about anyone to get their ticket.

SKILL BUILDER: Amateur Digital Voice

HTs with DMR capability start in price from $70

and also work as normal analog VHF/UHF radios.

My TYT MD-UV380 (Figure

C

) is at the bottom of

the price range but has been a great DMR radio

for me. Unfortunately, the current radios on the

market only work with one kind of DV mode, but

this can be overc ...