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amateur radio
Amateur radio (also called ham radio) describes the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communication. The term "amateur" is used to specify "a duly authorised person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;" (either direct monetary or other similar reward) and to differentiate it from commercial broadcasting, public safety (such as police and fire), or professional two-way radio services (such as maritime, aviation, taxis, etc.).
The amateur radio service (amateur service and amateur-satellite service) is established by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) through the International Telecommunication Regulations. National governments regulate technical and operational characteristics of transmissions and issue individual stations licenses with an identifying call sign. Prospective amateur operators are tested for their understanding of key concepts in electronics and the host government's radio regulations. Radio amateurs use a variety of voice, text, image, and data communications modes and have access to frequency allocations throughout the RF spectrum to enable communication across a city, region, country, continent, the world, or even into space.
Amateur radio is officially represented and coordinated by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), which is organized in three regions and has as its members the national amateur radio societies which exist in most countries.
According to an estimate made in 2011 by the American Radio Relay League, two million people throughout the world are regularly involved with amateur radio. About 830,000 amateur radio stations are located in IARU Region 2 (the Americas) followed by IARU Region 3 (South and East Asia and the Pacific Ocean) with about 750,000 stations. A significantly smaller number, about 400,000, are located in IARU Region 1 (Europe, Middle East, CIS, Africa).
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If you run Mac/Linux:
https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2004312241
https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2014032560
If you run Windows...
If you need handhelds, a 2-for-1 deal
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Personally, I have never seen Ham equipment listed here for sale or trade, but I'm going to try it anyway and see what happens before I take it over to QRZ and list it there.
I've got this lightly used FT-857D here that is more radio than necessary for me; since I am not interested in getting...
The title kind of says it; have you observed the shortages, inflation, et al., impacting radio equipment? In particular those related to amateur radio, GMRS, and Citizen Band.
(The reason for my asking is I'm back on a long running GMRS-based project for family comms. One vehicle is already...
The radio:
Baofeng DM-1701 dual band VHF/UHF radio with DMR
Brushbeater discusses the DM-1701 on his blog:
https://brushbeater.org/2020/11/30/a-quick-start-guide-to-the-baofeng-dm-1701/
Communications Interoperability Training with Amateur Radio Community Set | AMRRON
Again this year, a military station on the east coast and the Fort Huachuca, Arizona, HF station will conduct a high-power broadcast on 60-meter channel 1 (5330.5 kHz) on Saturday from 0300 to 0315 UTC. New this...
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This free website is from the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC. One may use their software-defined radio to monitor some of the HF bands.
So after 2+ years since I got my General Class Amateur Radio License, I've finally been able to afford to acquire my first HF rig. I've got a Yeasu FT-450D, which during all that time I was able to choose confidently with a lot of research. It was that or an ICOM 7200, but it is not in...