Ham radio is no different. The ham radio of today has only a hazy resemblance to the ham radio of the past. I should know. ... You made do with surplus gear or used equipment.

All ham operators have their own equipment, but they can acquire it gradually and buy used equipment to start, Forsyth said. They can buy a new hand-held VHF radio for $45.

Step 3: Get the Best Ham Radio Equipment for You. Once licensed, it’s equipment time. For novices, there are starter kits that contain all the essentials.

Experienced ham radio operators who used their own equipment, at first, with the particular goal of intercepting transmissions from enemy agents on home soil. At the start of the war, ham ...

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Ham radio equipment can be used even when power is out and phone lines, relays and other communications systems are down. The radios run on their own battery or generator power.

The technology used in ham equipment has evolved significantly. Most high-performance HF/VHF transceivers now use digital-signal-processing technology for at least some of the modulation, demodulation ...

Ham radio equipment can be used in disaster areas even when power is out and phone lines, relays and other communications systems are down because the radios run on their own battery or generator ...

He graduated to ham radio at age 14. “England was about the best I could do” for conversations, he said. “I didn’t have powerful enough equipment for beyond that,” he said.

The first amateur radio transmission from space was in 1983 from astronaut Owen Garriott aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. He was a licensed ham who used his equipment in Houston to chat with his ...