A F.A.Q. for Ham Radio
 

What is Ham Radio?

Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who
are interested in the science of radio wave
propagation and who are also interested in the
way that their radios function. It has a long-standing
tradition of providing a source of engineers who
are born naturals.

Ham Radio awakens in its aficionados a whole-life
fascination with all things technical and gives
an all-abiding curiosity to improve one's scientific
knowledge. It's a great swimming pool, please dive in!

This excitement causes a wish to share the experience
with ones fellow man, and shows itself in the
gentlemanly traditions of Ham Radio.

Radio Hams are qualified to design, build and then
operate their own pieces of equipment. They do this
with gusto, and also repair and modify their own
equipment.

The excitement that drives a Radio Ham starts with
relatively simple technologies at first, perhaps making
his own Wimshurst machine and primary cells. Small pieces
of test equipment follow, possibly multimeters and signal
generators. Then comes receivers and transmitters. It is with
the latter that communication with like-minded technically
motivated people takes off. The scope for technical
development grows with the years
and now encompasses DSP and DDS. There is also a great deal
of excitement in the areas of computer programming to
be learnt and applied.

The technical excitement motivates Radio Hams to compete
with each other to determine who has designed and manufactured
the best-quality station. This competitiveness is found in DXing,
competitions and fox-hunts.

-----OOOOO----

However, beware! A Ham Radio licence is such a
desirable thing to have that there are large
numbers of people who wish to be thought of
as Radio Hams when, in fact, they are nothing
of the kind! Usually such people are a
variation of the CB Radio hobbyist; they buy their
radios off the shelf and send them back to be
repaired; they are not interested in technical discussion
and sneer at those who are; they have no idea how
their radios work inside and have no wish to find out;
they are free with rather silly personal insults;
they have not satisfied any technical qualification
and their licences prevent the use of
self-designed-and-built equipment.

These CB types engage in the competitive activities
with their Cheque-Book-purchased off-the-shelf radios
in a forlorn effort to prove that they are Radio Hams.

No _REAL_ Radio Hams are deceived by such people!

Sounds a bit like Amateur Radio.
H.
"Polymath" wrote in message
...
What is Ham Radio?

Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who
are interested in the science of radio wave
propagation and who are also interested in the
way that their radios function. It has a long-standing
tradition of providing a source of engineers who
are born naturals.

Ham Radio awakens in its aficionados a whole-life
fascination with all things technical and gives
an all-abiding curiosity to improve one's scientific
knowledge. It's a great swimming pool, please dive in!

This excitement causes a wish to share the experience
with ones fellow man, and shows itself in the
gentlemanly traditions of Ham Radio.

Radio Hams are qualified to design, build and then
operate their own pieces of equipment. They do this
with gusto, and also repair and modify their own
equipment.

The excitement that drives a Radio Ham starts with
relatively simple technologies at first, perhaps making
his own Wimshurst machine and primary cells. Small pieces
of test equipment follow, possibly multimeters and signal
generators. Then comes receivers and transmitters. It is with
the latter that communication with like-minded technically
motivated people takes off. The scope for technical
development grows with the years
and now encompasses DSP and DDS. There is also a great deal
of excitement in the areas of computer programming to
be learnt and applied.

The technical excitement motivates Radio Hams to compete
with each other to determine who has designed and manufactured
the best-quality station. This competitiveness is found in DXing,
competitions and fox-hunts.

-----OOOOO----

However, beware! A Ham Radio licence is such a
desirable thing to have that there are large
numbers of people who wish to be thought of
as Radio Hams when, in fact, they are nothing
of the kind! Usually such people are a
variation of the CB Radio hobbyist; they buy their
radios off the shelf and send them back to be
repaired; they are not interested in technical discussion
and sneer at those who are; they have no idea how
their radios work inside and have no wish to find out;
they are free with rather silly personal insults;
they have not satisfied any technical qualification
and their licences prevent the use of
self-designed-and-built equipment.

These CB types engage in the competitive activities
with their Cheque-Book-purchased off-the-shelf radios
in a forlorn effort to prove that they are Radio Hams.

No _REAL_ Radio Hams are deceived by such people!

Polymath wrote:
What is Ham Radio?

Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who
are interested in the science of radio wave
propagation and who are also interested in the
way that their radios function. It has a long-standing
tradition of providing a source of engineers who
are born naturals.

Ham Radio awakens in its aficionados a whole-life
fascination with all things technical and gives
an all-abiding curiosity to improve one's scientific
knowledge. It's a great swimming pool, please dive in!

This excitement causes a wish to share the experience
with ones fellow man, and shows itself in the
gentlemanly traditions of Ham Radio.

Radio Hams are qualified to design, build and then
operate their own pieces of equipment. They do this
with gusto, and also repair and modify their own
equipment.

The excitement that drives a Radio Ham starts with
relatively simple technologies at first, perhaps making
his own Wimshurst machine and primary cells. Small pieces
of test equipment follow, possibly multimeters and signal
generators. Then comes receivers and transmitters. It is with
the latter that communication with like-minded technically
motivated people takes off. The scope for technical
development grows with the years
and now encompasses DSP and DDS. There is also a great deal
of excitement in the areas of computer programming to
be learnt and applied.

The technical excitement motivates Radio Hams to compete
with each other to determine who has designed and manufactured
the best-quality station. This competitiveness is found in DXing,
competitions and fox-hunts.

-----OOOOO----

However, beware! A Ham Radio licence is such a
desirable thing to have that there are large
numbers of people who wish to be thought of
as Radio Hams when, in fact, they are nothing
of the kind! Usually such people are a
variation of the CB Radio hobbyist; they buy their
radios off the shelf and send them back to be
repaired; they are not interested in technical discussion
and sneer at those who are; they have no idea how
their radios work inside and have no wish to find out;
they are free with rather silly personal insults;
they have not satisfied any technical qualification
and their licences prevent the use of
self-designed-and-built equipment.

These CB types engage in the competitive activities
with their Cheque-Book-purchased off-the-shelf radios
in a forlorn effort to prove that they are Radio Hams.

No _REAL_ Radio Hams are deceived by such people!





Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized it has to
argue phantasms so people will notice. As has commonly been said,
it's more to be pitied than scorned.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Tom Donaly wrote:

Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized it has to
argue phantasms so people will notice. As has commonly been said,
it's more to be pitied than scorned.

Quite. But there's no need to repost the whole bloody thing.

from
Aero Spike

Tom Donaly wrote:
Polymath wrote:

What is Ham Radio?

crap snipped


Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized it has to
argue phantasms so people will notice. As has commonly been said,
it's more to be pitied than scorned.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH
I agree, but it's fun taking the **** out of him.
--
;-)
73 de Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI - mine's a pint.
http://turner-smith.co.uk

"Polymath" wrote in message
...
What is Ham Radio?

What is Ham Radio Poly?
I have never considered myself to be a Ham
When exactly did Amateurs in this country (apart from the Tony Hancock
character) become Hams?

--
Graham.
G3ZVT



%Profound_observation%

Graham wrote:
"Polymath" wrote in message
...
=20
What is Ham Radio?
=20
=20
What is Ham Radio Poly?
I have never considered myself to be a Ham
When exactly did Amateurs in this country (apart from the Tony Hancock
character) become Hams?
=20


OED definition of 'ham'....

ham

=95 noun 1 an inexpert or unsubtle actor or piece of acting. 2 (also=20
radio ham) informal an amateur radio operator.

=95 verb (hammed, hamming) informal overact.

=97 ORIGIN perhaps from the first syllable of AMATEUR.

Spike wrote:
Tom Donaly wrote:


Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized it has to
argue phantasms so people will notice. As has commonly been said,
it's more to be pitied than scorned.


Quite. But there's no need to repost the whole bloody thing.

from
Aero Spike

Ah, a fine example of childish, British pique. How superior of you.
I'll tell you what, m'boy. From now on, I'll send all my posts to
you before I post them so you can rewrite them to your satisfaction.
Ha, ha! I've never read a more stereotypical post.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Tom Donaly wrote:
Spike wrote:
Tom Donaly wrote:


Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized it has to
argue phantasms so people will notice. As has commonly been said,
it's more to be pitied than scorned.


Quite. But there's no need to repost the whole bloody thing.

from
Aero Spike

Ah, a fine example of childish, British pique. How superior of you.
I'll tell you what, m'boy. From now on, I'll send all my posts to
you before I post them so you can rewrite them to your satisfaction.


Good idea. Thanks.


--
Chris

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:25:01 +0100, Polymath wrote:

What is Ham Radio?...........

Barely a twitch on the Troll-O-Meter.
Yawn!

Ed. EI9GQ.

--
Linux 2.6.12.1
Remove 'X' to reply by e-mail.

"Polymath" wrote in message
...
What is Ham Radio?


Yawn

Not only is he very boring he isnt even original....This is a copy of
someone elses posts.

Ah well...he probably has issues and cant cope with real life and struggles
with cyberlife as he's hiding.
We dont even know if he's a radio ham.....I hope not

Cheers
Paul
MW0DCT

Tom Donaly wrote:

Spike wrote:
Tom Donaly wrote:


Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized it has to
argue phantasms so people will notice. As has commonly been said,
it's more to be pitied than scorned.


Quite. But there's no need to repost the whole bloody thing.

from
Aero Spike

Ah, a fine example of childish, British pique. How superior of you.
I'll tell you what, m'boy. From now on, I'll send all my posts to
you before I post them so you can rewrite them to your satisfaction.
Ha, ha! I've never read a more stereotypical post.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Technically speaking, your post was at best impolite. There are plenty
of people who have killfiled the OP, and your thoughtless action
resulted in their KFs being bypassed. There are also plenty of people
on dialup, who may have already downloaded the OP's rubbish, and don't
want to pay again to download yet another copy. And, by the way, I
suggest you put further posts where the sun doesn't shine.


from
Aero Spike

In consideration of the rather immature Childish Broadcast (CB)
quoted below, any reasonable man would conjecture that
"KA6RUH" is some form of Yankland CB licence.

Ham Radio has traditions of international friendliness which
seem to be lost on you.


"Tom Donaly" wrote in message
m...

Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized it has to
argue phantasms so people will notice. As has commonly been said,
it's more to be pitied than scorned.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

The person with whom you are in discourse below, AKA "RVMJ",
AKA "Mrs.Nugatory" is well-renowned for having the pedantic
mind associated with a 13-year-old.

"Tom Donaly" wrote in message
m...
Spike wrote:
Tom Donaly wrote:
Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized it has to
argue phantasms so people will notice. As has commonly been said,
it's more to be pitied than scorned.
Quite. But there's no need to repost the whole bloody thing.
from
Aero Spike
Ah, a fine example of childish, British pique. How superior of you.
I'll tell you what, m'boy. From now on, I'll send all my posts to
you before I post them so you can rewrite them to your satisfaction.
Ha, ha! I've never read a more stereotypical post.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

FFS, killfile the ****- its only because of you idiots taking his bait I can
see his posts.

Mark

With good reason - because it isn't a troll.

If your mental psyche presumes it to be, is that because
"EI9GQ" is some form of Ireland CB issue?

"Eamon Skelton" wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:25:01 +0100, Polymath wrote:
What is Ham Radio?...........
Barely a twitch on the Troll-O-Meter.
Yawn!
Ed. EI9GQ.

Can't figure why an individual needs to qualify a group as diverse as
amateur radio operators in such a manner as this. Trying to describe
amateurs is like trying to determine what color of blue the sky is.
However, if only more ham were curious about how their gear worked or
liked to experiment or had the patience (most important) to design
their own gear. Sadly, many couldn't work their way through a block
diagram of their simplest gear and don't have the desire to study and
learn. I guess most hams have heard by now that the code requirements
will be eliminated from the US licensing requirements. My hope is that
there will be an influx of technically inclined/curious people who
prior to the proposed change were not interested in CW and now will
consider becoming amateurs. Homebrew is not the endall for being a
"good" ham and is not for some any more than participating in public
service should be. It is just interesting if not exciting to see what
clever circuits that some guys (many non amateur) design. I consider
myself a very average homebrewer, perhaps a "bit" behind the technology
of today as I still build some tube gear. But over the last year the
most satisfying contacts I have made have been with amateurs that had
complete scratch state of the art homebrew stations. It was interesting
pitting my 70's and 80's technology against their state of the art
though.

Don K5UOS

I am not discussing operators, I am discussing Radio Hams.

Ham Radio is a technical pursuit. It is CB Radio that is
concerned only with operating.

wrote in message
oups.com...
Can't figure why an individual needs to qualify a group as diverse as
amateur radio operators in such a manner as this.

Mark wrote:

FFS, killfile the ****- its only because of you idiots taking his bait I can
see his posts.

Mark


That's in effect what I said, but I got b*ll*cked by some foreigner..

from
Aero Spike

Spike wrote:

: Mark wrote:
:
: FFS, killfile the ****- its only because of you idiots taking his bait I can
: see his posts.
:
: Mark
:
:
: That's in effect what I said, but I got b*ll*cked by some foreigner..


en Francais oder auf Englisch ?

Spike wrote:
Tom Donaly wrote:


Spike wrote:

Tom Donaly wrote:



Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized it has to
argue phantasms so people will notice. As has commonly been said,
it's more to be pitied than scorned.


Quite. But there's no need to repost the whole bloody thing.

from
Aero Spike

Ah, a fine example of childish, British pique. How superior of you.
I'll tell you what, m'boy. From now on, I'll send all my posts to
you before I post them so you can rewrite them to your satisfaction.
Ha, ha! I've never read a more stereotypical post.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH


Technically speaking, your post was at best impolite. There are plenty
of people who have killfiled the OP, and your thoughtless action
resulted in their KFs being bypassed. There are also plenty of people
on dialup, who may have already downloaded the OP's rubbish, and don't
want to pay again to download yet another copy. And, by the way, I
suggest you put further posts where the sun doesn't shine.


from
Aero Spike

Struck a nerve, did I? Well, you'll recover, eventually.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Tom Donaly wrote:


Struck a nerve, did I? Well, you'll recover, eventually.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

I see that your skill in the trimming of posts is currently enjoying
deferred success; and seems likely to remain so.

from
Aero Spike

Spike wrote:
Tom Donaly wrote:


Struck a nerve, did I? Well, you'll recover, eventually.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH


I see that your skill in the trimming of posts is currently enjoying
deferred success; and seems likely to remain so.

from
Aero Spike

As I said, you'll recover, eventually. Who knows, you may even
get up enough courage, some day, to overcome your sick aversion
to posting your real name and call sign at the end of your posts.
After that, the sky's the limit. You could even, in the distant
future, conquer your culture-bound, xenophobic, insular proclivities
enough to have a civil conversation with someone who lives beyond
Albion's confining shores. There is always hope.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH

Tom Donaly wrote:

Who knows, you may even
get up enough courage, some day, to overcome your sick aversion
to posting your real name and call sign at the end of your posts.
After that, the sky's the limit. You could even, in the distant
future, conquer your culture-bound, xenophobic, insular proclivities
enough to have a civil conversation with someone who lives beyond
Albion's confining shores. There is always hope.

I think you must be addressing the OP, one Poly Unsaturated Fat.

from
Aero Spike

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:35:05 GMT, "Tom Donaly"
wrote:

Polymath wrote:
What is Ham Radio?


Another day, another wretched, little troll from another
mediocre mind so filled with the desire to be recognized

I hesitate (for about 0,25 seconds) to poit out that he has been
recognised.

"Tom Donaly" wrote:

: Albion's confining shores. There is always hope.
: 73,
: Tom Donaly, KA6RUH


hmmmmmm do you have irish roots ???

just your name "sounds" irish.

ZZZZPK wrote:



hmmmmmm do you have irish roots ???

just your name "sounds" irish.


I have a nineteenth century Irish great-gandfather, I
believe. The rest is German, Welsh, Danish, etc. Typical
American mix.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH