{"id":32,"date":"2015-05-17T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=32"},"modified":"2015-11-19T18:01:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T22:01:46","slug":"general-exam-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=32","title":{"rendered":"General Exam Passed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well I studied my butt off after I passed my Technician exam and took my General exam today and passed it. \u00a0I am glad I got this exam done before all the questions change in June:) \u00a0I am still working on getting my HAM shack setup but I may need to move to another room in the basement:) \u00a0I am also still trying to figure out what HF rig I am going to get. \u00a0I am leaning toward the Yaesu FT-991 so I can have HF, UHF, and VHF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well I studied my butt off after I passed my Technician exam and took my General exam today and passed it. \u00a0I am glad I got this exam done before all the questions change in June:) \u00a0I am still working … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71CVO-w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30,"url":"http:\/\/www.k4kyd.com\/?p=30","url_meta":{"origin":32,"position":0},"title":"Technician Exam Passed","date":"April 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Well today I went to a local HAM fest that was offering exams and I successfully passed my technician exam. 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