Introduction
| Introduction |
Introduction
February 25, 1997
This page is for beginners, by a beginner. In studying for the license tests, I ran up against some brick walls. Some stuff just didn't stick. I figured many other beginners out there would want to know the same things I do, for similar reasons.
So these pages exist for the following reasons:
To help the beginner study for the big test.
To help the new licensed operator get their equipment & get on the air, with a minimum of cash, fear, and trembling.
To help radio operators and scanning enthusiasts know which frequencies they can listen to for the information they need.
To help radio enthusiasts find high-quality, radio-oriented sites on the internet.
Why amateur radio?
This site plans on including the following info:
- Q-codes
- CQ & other
- Required methods for initiating, maintaining, and breaking contact via radio. (opening and closing a conversation) (voice, cw, rtty)
- simple instructions for programming simplex freqs and repeater freqs for most handhelds
- What is HAM radio? [BRIEF history, HAM in action]
- Comparisons between communications types, as a matrix (?) (regular phone, cell, CB, UHF CB, FRS, GMRS?, business band, satellite, HAM)
- Map of Utah, showing repeaters? List of repeaters, or links to them.
- Repeater rules & etiquette
- Places on the web to look for used radios
- Canned Morse: A freeware Windows Help file containing Morse code study tips.
- You may want to put something up there about how to convince your wife that
she needs to get her license. Also how to combat all the lousy excuses why
she hasn't gotten it yet.--idea from smith.garyl@amstr.com