Amateur Radio is a fun and exciting hobby…
Amateur Radio is a multifaceted hobby with several sub interests for the radio amateur. It would be difficult for a radio amateur to be able to take advantage of all of the interests available in his or her life time. This very fact is what makes amateur radio a exciting and never a boring hobby to be enjoyed by both the young and the old. Here is a list of only few of interests that are available:
- DX (Making long distance contacts in different countries)
- Contesting (Making contacts with other stations in competition with other stations for points)
- Moon Bounce (Sending radio signals to the moon which bounce back to the earth to another station)
- D-Star, DMR, and C4FM (The latest digital voice communications system that allows for contacts around the world through the internet)
- Antenna Design (Radio design and build many of their own antennas that they use to talk to stations around the world)
- CW (Radio stations that use morse code to communicate around the world)
- Repeaters (Automatic stations located on towers or mountains that increase the range of VHF and UHF radios)
- HF (Radio amateurs use shortwave frequencies to communicate with stations around the world)
- Satellites (Automatic stations in outer space that receive and forward radio signals from and to the earth)
- APRS (Data communications system that amateurs use to send messages and for GPS tracking)
- Kit Building (Different radio or electronics kits can be purchased and built to learn about electronics and to enjoy)
These are only a few. Please click on the sub-headings under this heading to learn more about more.