Subj : Starting Ham
To   : Spaceman Spiff
From : Fornow
Date : Tue Jul 05 2005 11:56 am

  Re: Starting Ham
  By: Spaceman Spiff to Fornow on Thu Jun 30 2005 10:25 pm

 > 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 abov
 > 
 > 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. :)
 
Thanks for the help!
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