Still waiting on taking the test. But i bought a 2m v8000 from Icom to get me started. I Am also looking at picking up and icom 720a for an HF rig. I do have a question for the group. To whoever runs this

Your home "Ham Shack", the affectionate name for a Ham's room or building that houses all their radio gear, doesn't have to look like this one in order to have lots of fun! Not going to lie,