Executive Summary about Ham Radio by David Thorson
Starting your hobby as an amateur Ham Radio operator is often easy and just needs a little effort. The next thing you will need is a license. The three levels of licensing are Technician which is an easy level, General which is the next level, and Extra Class which is a rather difficult one. Each license allows you different broadcasting levels and allows you different types of broadcasting hardware.
Many people start off with cheap CB radios to gain practice and to learn the basics of local radio communication. Once you have decided to follow through, choosing the adequate radio to transmit from is crucial. 10 meter radios are very similar to CB radios, they can be mobile or setup as a base station.
Spend some time researching how to setup equipment properly and broadcast safely. Ham Radio equipment can be expensive and you do not want to damage equipment because you were in a rush.
Ever Need to Know How to Begin in Ham Radio
Ham radio differs from CB radio as a amateur radio can have up to 1000 watts. The Novice license allows operations on several High Frequency bands via Morse code as well as single sideband communication by voice between 28.3 and 28.5 MHz and also between 28.1 and 28.3 for radio teletype.
To access these frequencies all you need is a ten meter radio Although these radios are commonly referred to as a 10 meter radio they are actually quite different as a CB radio does not require a license and a 10 meter radio does. Getting a Technicians License is not that difficult, you need to complete a radio theory test and FCC requirements test..
The next step, the General radio amateurs license, grants you the UHF band. The highest license for ham radio operators in the USA is the Extra Class license. People who have this license have complete access to all HF VHF and UHF channels which are relegated to amateur radio. Unlike amatuer radio there is no license requirement for cb radio.
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