Episode 16: Ham Radio For Beginners




The Great Northern Prepper » Podcast show

Summary: In Today’s Episode I talk with “Curt” a listener, prepper and amateur HAM radio operator.  Curt himself has been a HAM operator for less than a year, and has a great amount of knowledge for those who are beginners themselves or are thinking of getting into HAM radio whether for your prepping, as a hobby or both.  We go over the basics of HAM Home stations to Mobile to handheld How to get your license Where to get information from Capabilities of HAM Usefulness in Preps Best equipment to get for a beginner/cost Covert HAM radio Antennas And much more Before the interview was recorded I had emailed members of the site and put the word out to send in your questions.  Those questions were answered by “Curt” in a spreadsheet we used for the show outline.  You can view that spreadsheet and see the answers to your questions or just peruse it when you are listening to the episode, It is located below in the Show Notes.   NOTES Q&A Spreadsheet: Episode 16 Q&A American Radio Relay League (ARRL) website ARRL Tech Prep Resource Library QRZ.com ARRL License Practice Tests and ARRL HAM Study Guides G4Fon.net Test Trainer Program Contact Curt with questions on HAM radio