What is Ham Radio

Amateur Radio, or Ham Radio, is a fun and exciting hobby including a vast array of activities:

•        Talking around the world without wires.

•        Talking locally through repeaters.

•        Emergency communications.

•        Public service communications.

•        Contests and awards.

•        Legacy communication modes like Morse code and 

         Radioteletype  (RTTY).

•        New communication modes like digital packet, Automatic

         Position Reporting System (APRS), and spread spectrum.

•        Amateur radio satellites in space.

•        Foxhunting (using “radio direction finding” techniques to find a

          hidden  transmitter).

•        Moonbounce (talking by bouncing radio waves off the moon).

•        And much, much more..

You can hear the ISS (International Space Station):

The amateur radio station on the ISS can be received using very simple equipment.

Astronaut Sunita Williams Enthralls 1,000 Flagler Students in a Ham Radio Chat From From ISS:

Astronaut Sunita Williams KD5PLB on the ISS.

HAM Radio Equipment’s:

Ham Radio Antenna’s: 

Getting Licensed:

    This is the Only Hobby where people have to appear for an examination conducted by the Ministry of Communication and IT. Those clearing the exam are issued the license to operate high power long and short range wireless equipment.

Licensing requirements are different in every country with different rules, privileges, and classes of license.