Saturday, September 08, 2007
From The Forum
| posted by frederick jodry visit the forum Amateur Radio`s the whole thing for the Family or the Individual. Plenty of us well- glutted listeners think of ourselves as the cat`s ass of the lucky fun crowd in the toss and catch world of electrons, and Lord knows, us Broadcasters think we walk home after work with Fire- engine red socks glued on from the factory, too, but there`s an even better game to play next to the railroad tracks with all the other cats. Amateur Radio. Looking at the bottom half of Shortwave for a moment, Stations come in about the same signal strength, anywhere between 1 1/2 miles away to 400 miles away, obviously, really strong if local groundwave, or if long, dropping off quickly until the next ionosphere`s bounce fills in weaker. This main first bounce is a covenient enough distance to drive to, at least in the USA if you want to meet your contacts. There are two main types of Shortwave Amateur Radioists, "DX Hounds" and "Ragchewers". DX Hounds tend to be the ones that are unmarried or have no children and the hobby tends to be that of making lots of long- distance, hence, "DX", brief contacts on the top half of Shortwave, feverishly and competitively, and Ragchewers normally have long worthwhile or extra worthwhile talks and roundtables with each other and to much glee, entertainment, and education to each other and Shortwave Listeners, whether, Family, or the Individual. In fact, looking at the FCC laws for commercial radio use at Broadcast Stations, (in transmitter to studio links, studio to transmitter links, and intercity relays), it is illegal for the Station Operators to make longer than necessary telephone contact on the commercial radio. While the front reason is to be conservative of the commercial radio resource, the real reason is because mad numbers of watchers and listeners would get or make receivers for these commercial frequencies and listen to the Station Operators Ragchew their armchair and other sage opinions and gaffs about the programs, on, and how they are made. This can, of course, often be more interesting and educational than the the actual programs, themselves. Likewise, amongst Amateur Radioists, those who make their own equipment and maintain them, often thinking of future owners, are "best of show". Morse Code, (CW), Operators, and Amplitude Modulation users are the poorest formally educated, poorest incomed, but most resourceful and self educated amongst the Amateur Radioists. Above or below, I provide you a web link that backgrounds inside some of the world of the Amplitude Modulation Hams. As for CW, have you learned and taught the Morse code? This ends this first and scrappy lesson inside the world of Amateur Radio. http://www.amfone.net/. . . index, Forums Amateur Radio for Family or Individual http://www.amfone.net/. . . index, Forums Amateur Radio for Family or Individual |
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