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Ham/Amateur radio
International amateur radio symbol
Definition: Two-way radio communications by individuals as a leisure-time activity. Amateur, or ham, radio is defined by international treaty as a “service of self-training, intercommunications, and technical investigation carried on by amateurs; that is, by duly authorized persons interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest.
Public Service
The government allows amateur operators many privileges because the hobby is partially based on service to the general public, and hams can be relied on to assist during emergencies. Groups of amateur operators meet annually to practice handling emergency communications in the field and to compete against other groups nationwide in performing certain emergency-related tasks. Amateur operators may set up warning and relief networks during the hurricane and tornado seasons, and handle communication when phone lines are damaged by disasters.
Recreation
In addition to public service activities, amateurs enjoy many recreational activities, including DXing (where the objective is to contact amateurs in as many foreign countries as possible), contesting (where the amateurs compete for the maximum number of contacts in a given time span), and foxhunting (where the objective is to use radio skills to locate a hidden transmitter).
Communication
Since high-frequency (HF) signals (below 30 MHz) are reflected from the Kennelly-Heaviside ionosphere layers, amateurs are commonly able to carry out international communication. Very high frequencies (VHF; 30–300 MHz) and ultrahigh frequencies (UHF; 300–3000 MHz) have been subject to exploration by amateurs at the leading edge of communications technology. Amateurs bounce signals off the Moon or ionized meteor trails, and communicate through amateur operator-built earth satellites called OSCAR (orbiting satellites carrying amateur radio).
Source:Sci-Tech Encyclopedia:
Ham Radio as a Hobby: Getting started
By ]William Weaver
Ham radio is a great hobby for people that are somewhat technically inclined. Ham radio requires a license in order to operate on the air. There are three different ham radio licenses the technician class, the general class and the extra class license. There are numerous study guides available for each license class. There is something for everyone in this hobby. Get some introductory ham radio information here.
Ham radio is a fun hobby, there are many ways to enjoy it including talking to people all over the world, from your home or in the car or portable as in out in the boonies. There is a niche for everyones interest whether it be phone operation, morse code, slow scan tv, moon bounce, satellite communications or repeater operations. You can even get software to help with logging your calls or plotting the best way to talk to a certain country from wherever to wherever, or to learn the morse code (no longer a requirement but fun just the same). Anytime there are emergencies anywhere in the world, ham radio is there to provide needed communications.
In the early days of telegraph operators, the very good operators were called 'hams', so the name stuck to amateur radio operators. The goal of the early 'hams' was to build their own equipment and tweek it to get the maximum distance they could. Building your own equipment is another facit of the hobby that requires some electronic knowledge as well as good circuit design. A lot of hams build and test antenna designs to increase their knowledge of radio wave propagation. It's fun to design and build your own radio equipment and antennas. There are some kits available also for those that want to build their equipment but don't have the required design knowledge.
Ham radio equipment is available for varying prices at your local store, on eBay and many places online, both new and used equipment. There is equipment that is affordable for the first time buyer. My first rig was a used one I purchased from a local store that took trade-ins. It worked very well and I talked to Japan, Australia, Antartica, Canada , and many countries in South America, all with very little power and an antenna I built myself from a length of wire a couple of insulators and a pole. Man was it fun. Ham radio is a wonderful hobby for children and adults. There is a lot of Ham Radio Information online, go to your favorite search engine and type in 'ham radio' and you will get a lot of information to get you started.
Find out more interesting information about this great hobby and some great equipment
at this site: http://www.amateurradios.info
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=William_Weaver http://EzineArticles.com/?Ham-Radio-Information&id=591393
Ham radio is a great hobby for people that are somewhat technically inclined. Ham radio requires a license in order to operate on the air. There are three different ham radio licenses the technician class, the general class and the extra class license. There are numerous study guides available for each license class. There is something for everyone in this hobby. Get some introductory ham radio information here.
Ham radio is a fun hobby, there are many ways to enjoy it including talking to people all over the world, from your home or in the car or portable as in out in the boonies. There is a niche for everyones interest whether it be phone operation, morse code, slow scan tv, moon bounce, satellite communications or repeater operations. You can even get software to help with logging your calls or plotting the best way to talk to a certain country from wherever to wherever, or to learn the morse code (no longer a requirement but fun just the same). Anytime there are emergencies anywhere in the world, ham radio is there to provide needed communications.
In the early days of telegraph operators, the very good operators were called 'hams', so the name stuck to amateur radio operators. The goal of the early 'hams' was to build their own equipment and tweek it to get the maximum distance they could. Building your own equipment is another facit of the hobby that requires some electronic knowledge as well as good circuit design. A lot of hams build and test antenna designs to increase their knowledge of radio wave propagation. It's fun to design and build your own radio equipment and antennas. There are some kits available also for those that want to build their equipment but don't have the required design knowledge.
Ham radio equipment is available for varying prices at your local store, on eBay and many places online, both new and used equipment. There is equipment that is affordable for the first time buyer. My first rig was a used one I purchased from a local store that took trade-ins. It worked very well and I talked to Japan, Australia, Antartica, Canada , and many countries in South America, all with very little power and an antenna I built myself from a length of wire a couple of insulators and a pole. Man was it fun. Ham radio is a wonderful hobby for children and adults. There is a lot of Ham Radio Information online, go to your favorite search engine and type in 'ham radio' and you will get a lot of information to get you started.
Find out more interesting information about this great hobby and some great equipment
at this site: http://www.amateurradios.info
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=William_Weaver http://EzineArticles.com/?Ham-Radio-Information&id=591393
