yet another 'newbie'

Vs6gy:
Southpark , well, your opening remark ' if you are really 97'.. I am not sure what you''re implying, ! ? does
not really matter to me, Agreed, we all have to start somewhere Your further remark, 'you probably know some programming languages.- right ?'.. Wrong ! why should I ? had no interest in programming !!

Vs6......The remark was about ..... if you are really 97.... then one word..... awesome. As we know....the internet is the internet.... so info that somebody says about themselves is often based on taking one's word on it. And.... about the programming question.... it was about seeing whether you programmed much before in any language...as some programming experience can speed up certain things. Your opening post mentioned 'for amateur radio'..... so not surprising to 'guess' that you might have been involved with amateur radio... which follows that you might have had a lot of programming experience....which would be a significant advantage for programming arduino. But ... doesn't matter. The question was related to seeing where the starting point is ... roughly.