So, you may have read the material on the Why Get Involved With Amateur Radio? and are wondering how to get started. This has two main components: licensing and equipment. Getting Licensed Amateur Radio is unlike most other radio services in that you get to build your own radios, your own antennas, and operate over a wide range of frequencies. This is different than, say, a cellphone or low-power FRS walkie-talkie, where the government must approve every phone/device that is made, and these m...| www.complete.org
Amateur radio is a radio service in which people are allowed and encouraged to build their own radios, antennas, and so forth. It can be used to communicate all around the globe without any intervening infrastructure such as satellites or cables. Information for other hams If you’re a ham looking me up, this is relevant information: My callsign is KR0L and my name is John Goerzen I was initially licensed as KD0MJT, which was used from July to October 2010 Some information about me, includin...| www.complete.org
The most widely-used form of Packet Radio, APRS lets stations transmit periodic position beacons, send messages, and other information and forms a self-organizing Mesh Network with the possibility of propagation by both radios and, less frequently, Internet. Links to this note Kansas Amateur Radio Amateur Radio in Kansas Using the Kenwood TH-D72A With PC APRS Software The TH-D72A is a very nice handheld Amateur Radio Transceiver. Among other things, it has an integrated GPS, built-in APRS fun...| www.complete.org