{"id":150,"date":"2012-07-04T20:12:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T01:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/96.125.164.153\/~w9aa\/main\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2021-02-19T10:28:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T16:28:28","slug":"what-is-ham-radio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hamfesters.org\/main\/what-is-ham-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Ham Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is Amateur Radio?<\/h1>\n

“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.”<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

–-Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ham Radio Credo<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Amateur radio<\/strong> or “ham radio”<\/strong> is a multifaceted<\/span> hobby for public service and personal accomplishment and enjoyment. Hams make<\/span> hundreds of friends while operating two-way radio stations from their homes,<\/span>  cars and the out-of-doors. Public service<\/span> includes providing emergency<\/span> communications to public officials and private citizens in times of emergency<\/span> and disaster when commercial communications are disabled. Examples are weather<\/span> related storms, floods, and earthquakes. <\/span>Personal<\/span> accomplishment<\/span> <\/span>includes learning new technical details relating to radio theory, radio propagation,<\/span> and digital communication.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally they visit via radio with other hams across town<\/span> or across the world, using the simplest (or most sophisticated and expensive)<\/span> of radio setups and antennas, and they have great fun! As has been chronicled<\/span> with the internet, many a romance has been fostered through the facilities<\/span> of amateur radio.<\/span><\/p>\n