When I went to get my license I spent 2-3 nights going through the questions on
www.QRZ.com then went to the place a HAM club was did testing, and had a license in less than 2 weeks.
Once the CW(Morse code) is dropped from the test, which it should be this spring, you can use radios that you can use to talk to people on the other side of the world!
Even if you don't get a a higher level license you can have a lot of fun, and the thing you can do and learn are unlimited.
If you have any questions PM me.
Eric Haskins KC9JVH
Note: I didn't know there were this many HAMs on CD.