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A tour of a home ham radio station. Non hams would likely not enjoy this clip since you either really love amateur radio or you really have no idea what the fuss is about. ... Ham Radio Icom Kenwood Yaesu

Ham Radio Operator Paul Corrigan G4JNN in QSO with Bob PA0CWS in Lelystad on 14 MHz SSB. The rig was an old KW 2000 Transceiver into a homemade di-pole antenna. QTH de G4JNN: Bradford, West Yorkshire. Last in a series of QSOs recorded 5th December 1981 onto VHS tape. Edited and converted for YouTube in November 2009. ... "Amateur Radio" "Ham Radio" "Paul Corrigan" G4JNN PA0CWS Lelystad "KW 2000" Bradford Yorkshire

The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual: All You Need to Become an Amateur Radio Operator

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This book has only one goal: allow you to pass the General Class (Element 3) Ham radio license exam with the least amount of time and effort. The first two chapters provide concise summaries of all the rules and procedures you need for the test. The third chapter lists all the mathematical formulas required. The next ten chapters cover all of the elements that are listed in the publically available specification for the test. The material is presented in a way that ... More >>
The Simplified Study Guide for the General Class Ham Radio License Examination: the Quick and Easy Way to Pass Element 3 of the Amateur Radio Licensing Test

Hosted by Walter Cronkite, this video describes my main hobby...ham radio! ... amateur radio ham electronics public service

Amateur radio or ham is largely a hobby activity. The majority of thel hobby time is spent on making contact and having conversations with people in distant regions and from different cultures. Two way communications, identifying their location and station, zone, region and place is the usual custom. This is always followed by other casual communications. If the contact is made for a contest to make two way communication with as many stations or ham radio operators as possible, this all the information that is shared.

DX-ing and DX-peditions:
An amateur radio operator's main hobby is to make contact with as many stations as possible from as many parts of the world as possible. DX stands for Distant Stations. The DX-ing usually is followed with the QSO. (a Q code., see below) which means "a conversation".

DX-peditions are different in the sense that they are expeditions organized / planned solely for the purpose of making contacts with some special or rare stations and regions. Some people travel long distance just to make contact with some unrepresented region or place.

Radio Frequency scanners available now a days form the tool of great use in these attempts. The radio scanner scans for signals until a strong signal is found and so on.

QSL cards:
The Q code is a standardized collection of three-letter message encodings, all starting with the letter "Q", initially developed for commercial radiotelegraph communication, and later adopted by other radio services, especially amateur radio. In today's audio signal transmission age, the Q codes are not essential. but still in use and are viewed as a sort of tradition.

As a part of DX-ing and DX-peditions the QSL card or the proof of contact card is shared. QSL is one such Q-code that means "I acknowledge receipt". The common practice was that the ones who made contact at a particular frequency exchange a QSL card in the mail to confirm their contact and conversations. These QSL cards can be used as a proof of their making contact and amateur operators who make contact with a certain number of other amateur radio operators in a specified time is awarded. Moreover, they are distinguished and honored since they are deemed to be efficient amateur radio operators.

Remote region contacting:
Some countries have less amateur radio operators, and making contact with these is considered special. So, when a radio amateur from these regions makes contact, other ham operators flock to make communication with this / these hams. Making contact with these less represented places has its awards and special considerations in the award programs.

Hamfests:
Social events for the ham families and friends. It's something akin to the family oriented social fests where there are sales, exchanges, meetings and fun. Similarly, the fest is filled with selling and exchanging hams, meeting real life ham friends and fun events for a day or sometimes over few days.

Discussion groups and Nets:
Ham operators form a discussion group based on common interests other than ham or it can also be a ham related discussion group and they can form nets or networks.

If a radio hobbyist gets involved with all of these different activities, he or she is sure to never be bored. Look into some of them, and see if you would like to get involved.

Amateur Radio AB1AI Brian Curtiss Ham Radio M0JRB ROBERT England 20 meters SSB