On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:19:13 -0700, Garth Almgren
wrote:

I'm also thinking about
studying up and adding ham to the list

Hey - why not? All you need to do is memorize the question pool over
a week or so and you can go from zero to Extra in nothing flat - no
pain, no code - no knowledge beyond being able to answer questions on
a test.