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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2006 Jun. ~ 2006 Dec.: Hobby Hall (ARCHIVES): Ham Radio users admin

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Aries
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03-22-2005

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 6:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aries a private message Print Post    
Is there anyone here that is a ham radio operator?

Draheid
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09-09-2001

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Yes

Aries
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03-22-2005

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aries a private message Print Post    
Hello nice to meet you. My uncle a ham and i would love to be one also is there a good place to start or a website that i can download something.

Draheid
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09-09-2001

Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
I would suggest you start by visiting the home of the Amateur Radio Relay League and have a look at their Welcome to Amateur Radio page for what you will find in this hobby. Also check out the resources located at qrz.com.

The first thing you'll need to do is study up for your license. You can find several places online to take practice tests using the current question pool (the source for all FCC licensing for Amateur Radio) such as these:

AA9PW FCC Amateur Radio Practice Pages

w8mhb.com Practice Exams

QRZ.com's Practice Tests

A good example of HAM radio in action, just yesterday a fiber optic cable was accidentally cut nearby and caused virtually all normal telephone communications to be interrupted, including 911 service in parts of 3 counties. Our local emergency services groups activated a radio network to establish a means for emergency services to stay in touch with each other until they were able to reroute the normal communications. Nothing major happened during that time, but it was an exciting time for these groups to know we were ready for anything.

Hope this helps.

Aries
Member

03-22-2005

Saturday, March 26, 2005 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aries a private message Print Post    
Thanks i will look for these