Singletona

Can confirm. Resources are downright obscenely easy to get hold of especially for getting a tech license. Ditto radios. From el cheapo baofeng to something still cheap but nicer is anywhere from a half to quarter the price of the htx202 I learned on in the 90’s, and getting resources on repeaters is also shockingly comprehensive (I had gotten a little red book with bible print sized text with listings.)

Getting into HF is a bit more involved ditto specialty modes, but it is genuinely interesting and worthy of looking at even if you decide to not dive in.

One authoritarian agreeing with another.

He’s realized that glomming onto Elmo is the only way he’s going to get friends who can help.