This article was sent to me today by a listener. She thought, as do I, that it was highly worthy of posting here since so many of you are interested in getting your Ham License.Letter sent in by a guest-writer and posted on SurvivalMom.com.
A lot of preppers are talking about Ham radio as a communications system during and after an SHTF event. The ability to listen and even talk with people vast distances away in real time is powerful tool.
For a very long time I’ve wanted to get an Amateur Radio license (“Ham”). For one reason or another I never undertook the study and the test. Until now. I have just passed my Technician’s license exam! (as of writing this) While it will still be a couple of weeks before I get my official station call sign, I’m very excited and already preparing for the next step of licensing. In this article I will walk you through the details of exactly how to get your first Ham radio license. It isn’t a hard process but can be a bit confusing and I didn’t find any one source that clearly listed it all.
Bao-Feng UV-5RE Plus Dual-Band Radio
The article covers the following topics:
- Historical background
- Who can be a Ham?
- Ham license categories
- The licensing process
- Is Morse Code needed?
- What’s on the licensing exam?
- What to bring with you to the exam
- You passed! Now what?
- What if you don’t pass?
- So when can I get on the air?!
- About your call sign
Click HERE to read the entire article.
Great site, Survival Mom! Thanks, Shadow for forwarding this to RFR!
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