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vvasrani
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Getting started
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Dec 29 03:39 UTC 1998 |
Hi,
I want to become a ham but am not sure where to get started.
Can someone please give some tips on how should one go about
becomming a ham operator.
Thanx.
Vikram.
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rcurl
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response 1 of 21:
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Dec 30 05:58 UTC 1998 |
From where are you writing? The requirements for amateur radio licenses
are established by each country (with some degree of international
consulation and agreement).
As an initial answer, especially if you are in the USA, is to obtain
the ARRL manual "Now You're Talking" for the Technician class license.
You can obtain information about ordering the book (and about the
ARRL) at http://www.arrl.org/
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scott
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response 2 of 21:
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Jan 3 15:23 UTC 1999 |
vvasrani appears to be from India, so that makes USA info perhaps educational,
but not a great reference for how to be a ham in India.
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rcurl
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response 3 of 21:
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Jan 3 20:03 UTC 1999 |
If for India, the information is at http://www.vtt.fi/ket/staff/komppa/vu.h
tm
The best way is to find a ham. If at a university, ask in the electrical
engineering or physics departments.
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cscolt
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response 4 of 21:
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Jul 23 23:28 UTC 2003 |
I am looking into getting my Technician class license, and I am in the US
would the ARRL book have information about finding a place to take the test?
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rcurl
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response 5 of 21:
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Jul 24 00:20 UTC 2003 |
The ARRL website would. Visit http://www.arrl.org/ and look under
Licensing. Scheduling of exams changes too freqeuntly to be put in books. If in
Ann Arbor, try http://www.w8pgw.org/index.php and click on License Testing.
(I don't know why the montly testing in Ann Arbor isn't on the ARRL site, but I
will check into this.)
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cscolt
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response 6 of 21:
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Jul 24 05:34 UTC 2003 |
Thank you very much. I have been so nervous about going to take the test until
recently I met a few people my age who had their license (I am 15). Thankyou
I hope next time post I will have my license :)
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rcurl
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response 7 of 21:
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Jul 24 05:52 UTC 2003 |
Good luck!
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krokus
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response 8 of 21:
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Jul 24 14:48 UTC 2003 |
Good luck on your test.
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glenda
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response 9 of 21:
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Jul 24 17:01 UTC 2003 |
My daughter, Staci (dewshine) got her license a month ago (KC8WYA), she is
15. She got it in time to help her father work 2m and 6m sideband on field
day and work a public service event the next weekend. She is going to join
the ARROW (the local Ham club). She is trying to talk some of her gang into
getting their licenses and is already working on upgrading. She says she is
going to beat Dad to Extra Class. I am rooting for her. He brags to some
of the Hams he knows that both his wife and daughter are licensed. He got
his license when he was 18 and is only holds General class because he got
grandfathered. I got my Extra last year. If Staci gets hers soon we will
both have beaten him.
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krokus
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response 10 of 21:
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Jul 31 16:35 UTC 2003 |
heh... Would be funny if y'all both beat him. Now if Damon does it too,
he'll probably never live it down. :)
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glenda
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response 11 of 21:
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Jul 31 18:27 UTC 2003 |
Unfortunately, I don't see Damon getting licensed anytime soon. Gaming seems
to be his whole life at the moment, even to the extent of getting in the way
of doing homework.
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krokus
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response 12 of 21:
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Aug 11 03:38 UTC 2003 |
Well, radio isn't for everyone. Maybe he'll take more interest sometime
later. *shrug*
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glenda
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response 13 of 21:
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Aug 11 16:54 UTC 2003 |
He says he can pass the tech test right now (Staci and I have our doubts about
that) but he wants to wait until he can do the code first, but "doesn't have
time to work on code right now." We'll see.
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goose
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response 14 of 21:
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Aug 12 02:39 UTC 2003 |
He better hurry, there'll be no code test soon.....
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krokus
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response 15 of 21:
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Aug 13 04:51 UTC 2003 |
Only if WARC has nuked the code requirement.
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goose
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response 16 of 21:
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Aug 25 18:27 UTC 2003 |
The ITU at the World Radiocommunications Conference has removed Morse code
as a mandatory requirement for amateur licences below 30MHz - effective 5
July, 2003.
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gull
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response 17 of 21:
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Aug 25 20:49 UTC 2003 |
I predict you'll hear lots of complaints about this on 80 meters from the
usual set of old fogies. It'll give them something to talk about other than
their latest illnesses. ;>
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eprom
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response 18 of 21:
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Aug 26 13:55 UTC 2003 |
woohoo! hopefully the FCC follows.
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krokus
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response 19 of 21:
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Aug 27 23:39 UTC 2003 |
Might take them a year, but I'm sure it will happen.
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goose
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response 20 of 21:
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Aug 30 12:23 UTC 2003 |
There are six proposals before the FCC up for comment right now that concern
the morese code requirement. Some of which advocate dropping element 1.
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krokus
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response 21 of 21:
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Sep 3 15:22 UTC 2003 |
That should start quite an outcry from the 160m crowd. :)
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