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MENTOR IN THE HOBBY.  INSTEAD, HE AND SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS JUST TOOK IT
ON AND LEARNED WHAT THEY COULD TOGETHER.  IT WAS WHILE ATTENDING HAM COM IN
2012, IN PLANO, TEXAS, THAT HE FOUND THAT AMATEUR RADIO DIDNT HAVE TO BE AS
EXPENSIVE AS HE HAD PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.  WALKING THE HAMFEST AISLES, JASON
STUMBLED UPON A WOUXUN HANDHELD RADIO FOR 99.  HE WAS AMAZED AT THE LOW
COST AND ADVERTISED FEATURES, AND COULDNT HAND HIS MONEY OVER FAST ENOUGH.
ONCE JASON HAD USED THE RADIO FOR SOME TIME AND GOT A FEEL FOR ITS 
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OPERATION, IT SPARKED ENOUGH OF AN INTEREST THAT HE EVENTUALLY STARTED A
WEBSITE AND BECAME A RESELLER OF LOW COST RADIOS AND EQUIPMENT.  THE
BEGINNING OF HAM RADIO 2R0 JASON HAS ALWAYS HAD A DESIRE TO TEACH AND HELP
OTHERS WITH AMATEUR RADIO.  AFTER GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT PROGRAMMING A TYT
MOBILE RADIO THAT HE HAD SOLD, HE CREATED WHAT HE CALLS A VERY CRUDE AND
LOW BUDGET VIDEO AND UPLOADED IT TO YOUTUBE HTTPS// TINYURL. COM/ KC5HWB
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