Subj : Starting Ham
To   : Fornow
From : Spaceman Spiff
Date : Thu Jun 30 2005 09:25 pm

  Re: Starting Ham
  By: Fornow to All on Tue Jun 21 2005 07:51 am

 > How would I go about starting out with ham radio?  Any
 > advice you could give me?
 > 
 > Thanks.
Check out  www.arrl.org   w5yi and QRZ, find a local HAM club and go to a
meeting, meet some of the locals or you could just buy the Now Your Talking
with HAM radio book from the ARRL, or Gordon West / W5YI has good stuff to.
GO to any search engine (www.google.com) and do a search for any of the above.

A little study, go to a local VE session, take the test, buy a radio either
from a local HAM store or one on the Internet like HRO  HAM RADIO OUTLET.

While it is possible to do this all yourself, it really is a lot more fun if
you can find some local HAMs that know the ropes to help you get started and
give you tips and pointers. Especially if you are not knowlegable about
electronics and building antennas and using SWR meters.

You can always ask questions here. :)

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