SMART HAM RADIO
Basic Ham Radio
Learning the basic radio theory will help you understand how the radio station works and better understand how to repair it if a problem occurs with your equipment
Study Guides
The ARRL Handbook is your complete guide to radio experimentation, discovery, and innovation. It is the Handbook — written by radio amateurs for everyone with a desire to advance the pursuit of wireless technology.
Ham Radio Clubs
To promote the technical advancement of Amater radio through the development of the different transmission types to benifit the communities during emergency situations. open to all Amateur radio operatorsTechnician class and higher.
TECHNOLOGIES
Changing the Future of Amateur Radio for the Better
Amateur Radio has always been on the cutting edge of technology from analog radio (SSB) mode to the new Digital modes (SDR) Amateur Radio is always pushing the envelope. we even go into space with Amateur Satellites
Manufacturers
Many of today’s manufacturers maintain and develope new equipment using the latest digital technology for their transceivers and station accessories Providing Amateurs with exciting new equipment.
Technology
Knowledge in the many technologies employed throughout Ham radio is what makes this hobby so interesting. There is not one of today’s many electronic advancements not being use in some form of Amateur Radio
Service
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment, for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes.
Radio Sport
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DX Expeditions
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Field Day
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ARRL Contests
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QRP Operations (Low Power)
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Special Events
The most common use of the term radiosport is as a synonym for amateur radio contesting (ham radio contesting). Contesting is an activity where amateur radio stations attempt to make as many two-way contacts with other stations as possible, following certain defined parameters of the competition, to maximize a score. At least two specific contests have used the term radiosport in their event names; the IARU HF World Championship, a worldwide contest sponsored by the International Amateur Radio Union, was known as the IARU Radiosport Championship from its inception in 1977 until the name of the contest changed in 1986. The term radiosport also appears in the name of the World Radiosport Team Championship, the radio contest considered by many to be the closest that contesting has to a world championships.
Blog News
Second cable breaks at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo telescope
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/second-cable-breaks-puerto-rico-s-arecibo-telescope
China’s 500-Meter FAST Radio Telescope is Now Operational
The world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope is officially open for business according to Xinhua, China’s official state-run media. The FAST Radio Telescope saw fist light in 2016 but has been undergoing testing and commissioning since then. FAST stands for Five-hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope.
Arrecibo Observatory to be Demolished
The world-famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, known for helping scientists peer into deep space and listen for distant radio waves, is set to be decommissioned and demolished after engineers concluded that the facility’s structure is at risk of a collapse.