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Respond to the call of ham radio Despite its old-school reputation, amateur radio is on the rise, and the airwaves are busier than ever. That's no surprise: being a ham is a lot of fun, providing an independent way to keep in touch with friends, family, and new acquaintances around the world--a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2021.
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| Edición: | Fourth edition. |
| Colección: | --For dummies.
Learning made easy. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About This Book
- My Assumptions about You
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1 Getting Started with Ham Radio
- Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted with Ham Radio
- Exploring Ham Radio around the World
- Tuning into Ham Radio
- Using electronics and technology
- Joining the ham radio community
- Radiosport
- Competing with Ham Radio
- Communicating through Ham Radio Contacts
- Ragchews
- Nets
- Citizen Science and HamSCI
- Chapter 2 Getting a Handle on Ham Radio Technology
- Getting to Know Basic Ham Radio Gear
- Building a Basic Ham Radio Station
- Basic stations
- Communication Technologies
- Understanding the Fundamentals of Radio Waves
- Frequency and wavelength
- The radio spectrum
- Dealing with Mother Nature
- Experiencing nature affecting radio waves
- Overcoming radio noise
- Chapter 3 Finding Other Hams: Your Support Group
- Finding and Being a Mentor
- Interacting in Online Communities
- Social media and blogs
- Videos, podcasts, and webinars
- Email reflectors
- Online training and instruction
- Web portals
- Joining Radio Clubs
- Finding and choosing a club
- Participating in meetings
- Getting more involved
- Exploring the ARRL
- ARRL benefits to you
- ARRL benefits to the hobby
- ARRL benefits to the public
- Taking Part in Specialty Groups
- On the Air
- IOTA, SOTA, and POTA
- Young Hams
- YOTA
- Competitive clubs
- Handiham
- AMSAT
- TAPR
- YLRL
- QRP clubs
- Attending Hamfests and Conventions
- Finding and preparing for hamfests
- Finding conventions and conferences
- Part 2 Wading through the Licensing Process
- Chapter 4 Understanding the Licensing System
- Getting Acquainted with the Amateur Service
- FCC rules
- Ham radio frequency allocations.
- Learning about Types of Licenses
- Technician class
- General class
- Amateur Extra class
- Grandfathered classes
- Getting Licensed
- Studying the exam questions
- Taking your license exam
- Volunteer examiner coordinators
- Volunteer examiners
- Receiving Your New Call Sign
- Call-sign prefixes and suffixes
- Class and call sign
- Chapter 5 Preparing for Your License Exam
- Getting a Grip on the Technician Exam
- Finding Study Resources
- Licensing classes
- Books, websites, and videos
- Online practice exams
- Locating Your Mentor
- Chapter 6 Taking the Exam
- Types of Exams
- Public in-person exams
- Remote exams
- Exams at events
- Exam sessions in homes and online
- Finding an Exam Session
- Registering with the Universal Licensing System (ULS)
- Getting to Exam Day
- What to have with you
- What to expect
- What to do after the exam
- Chapter 7 Obtaining Your License and Call Sign
- Completing Your Licensing Paperwork
- Finding Your Call Sign
- Searching the ULS database
- Searching other websites for call signs
- Printing your license
- Identifying with your new privileges
- Picking Your Own Call Sign
- Searching for available call signs
- Applying for a vanity call sign
- Maintaining Your License
- Part 3 Hamming It Up
- Chapter 8 Receiving Signals
- Learning by Listening
- Finding out where to listen
- Understanding how bands are organized
- Using Your Receiver
- Tuning, and scanning with channels
- Continuous tuning with a knob
- Software-controlled tuning
- Listening on VHF and UHF
- Listening on HF
- Using beacon networks and contact maps
- Receiving Signals
- Receiving FM voice
- Receiving SSB voice
- Receiving digital voice
- Receiving digital or data modes
- Receiving Morse code
- Chapter 9 Basic Operating
- Understanding Contacts (QSOs)
- Common parts of contacts.
- Casual contacts
- Nets and talk groups
- On-the-air meetings
- Contests and DXing
- Radiosport
- How contacts get started
- Joining a contact
- Failing to make contact
- During a contact
- Calling CQ
- Casual Conversation
- Ragchewing
- Knowing where to chew
- Identifying a ragchewer
- Calling CQ for a ragchew
- Making Repeater and Simplex Contacts
- Understanding repeater basics
- Making a repeater contact
- Using access control
- Miscellaneous repeater features
- Maximizing your signal
- Setting up your radio
- Making a simplex contact
- Digital Voice Systems
- HF digital voice
- VHF/UHF digital voice
- Digital repeater networks
- The DMR system
- Casual Operating on HF
- HF bands
- Picking good times to operate
- Contacts on CW and digital modes
- Chapter 10 Public Service Operating
- Joining a Public Service Group
- Finding a public service group
- Volunteering for ARES
- Preparing for Emergencies and Disasters
- Knowing who
- Knowing where
- Knowing what
- Knowing how
- Operating in Emergencies and Disasters
- Reporting an accident or other incident
- Making and responding to distress calls
- Providing Public Service
- Weather monitoring and SKYWARN
- Parades and charity events
- Participating in Nets
- Checking in and out
- Exchanging information
- Tactical call signs
- Radio discipline
- Digital Message Networks
- Winlink
- email by radio
- AREDN
- NBEMS
- Chapter 11 Operating Specialties
- Getting Digital
- Digital definitions
- WSJT modes
- fast and slow
- FT8 and FT4
- PSK31 and PSK63
- Radioteletype (RTTY)
- Non-WSJT MFSK modes
- PACTOR, ARDOP, and VARA
- Packet radio
- APRS and tracking
- DXing
- Chasing Distant Stations
- VHF/UHF DXing with a Technician license
- HF DXing with a General license
- Taking Part in Radio Contests
- Choosing a contest.
- Operating in a contest
- Chasing Awards
- Finding awards and special events
- Logging contacts for awards
- Applying for awards
- Mastering Morse Code (CW)
- Learning Morse correctly
- Copying the code
- Pounding brass
- sending Morse
- Making code contacts
- QRP (Low Power) and Portable Operating
- Getting started with QRP
- Portable operating
- Direction-finding (ARDF)
- Operating via Satellites
- Getting grounded in satellite basics
- Accessing satellites
- Seeing Things: Image Communication
- Slow-scan television
- Fast-scan television
- Part 4 Building and Operating a Station That Works
- Chapter 12 Getting on the Air
- What Is a Station?
- Planning Your Station
- Deciding what you want to do
- Deciding how to operate
- Choosing a Radio
- Allocating your resources
- Software defined radios
- Radios for VHF and UHF operating
- Radios for HF operating
- Filtering and noise
- Choosing an Antenna
- Beam antennas
- VHF/UHF antennas
- HF antennas
- Feed line and connectors
- Supporting Your Antenna
- Antennas and trees
- Masts and tripods
- Towers
- Rotators
- Station Accessories
- Mikes, keys, and keyers
- Antenna system gadgets
- Digital mode interfaces
- Remote Control Stations
- Remote control rules
- Accessing a remote control station
- Upgrading Your Station
- Chapter 13 Organizing a Home Station
- Designing Your Station
- Keeping a station notebook
- Building in ergonomics
- Viewing some example ham stations
- Building in RF and Electrical Safety
- Electrical safety
- RF exposure
- First aid
- Grounding and Bonding
- AC and DC power
- Lightning
- RF management
- Chapter 14 Computers in Your Ham Station
- What Type of Computers Do Hams Use?
- Windows
- Linux
- Macintosh
- Android and iOS
- Microcontrollers
- What Do Ham Computers Do?
- Software-defined radio.
- WSJT-X and fldigi
- Radio and remote control
- Hardware considerations
- Keeping a Log of Your Contacts
- Paper logging
- Computer logging
- Submitting a contest log
- Confirming Your Contacts
- QSL cards
- QSLing electronically
- Direct QSLing
- Using QSL managers
- Bureaus and QSL services
- Applying for awards
- Chapter 15 Operating Away from Home
- Mobile Stations
- HF mobile radios
- Mobile installations
- Mobile antennas
- Portable Operating
- Portable antennas
- Portable power
- Field Day
- Field Day "gotchas"
- Chapter 16 Hands-On Radio
- Acquiring Tools and Components
- Maintenance tools
- Repair and building tools
- Components for repairs and building
- Maintaining Your Station
- Overall Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Your Station
- Power problems
- RF problems
- Operational problems
- Troubleshooting RF Interference
- Dealing with interference to other equipment
- Dealing with interference to your equipment
- Building Equipment from a Kit
- Building Equipment from Scratch
- Part 5 The Part of Tens
- Chapter 17 Ham Radio Jargon
- Say What?
- Spoken Q-signals
- Contesting or Radiosport
- Antenna Varieties
- Feed Lines
- Antenna Tuners
- Repeater Operating
- Grid Squares
- Interference and Noise
- Connector Parts
- Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
- Chapter 18 Technical Fundamentals
- Electrical Units and Symbols
- Ohm's Law
- Power
- Decibels
- Attenuation, Loss, and Gain
- Bandwidth
- Filters
- Antenna Patterns
- Standing Wave Ratio (SWR)
- Battery Characteristics
- Satellite Tracking
- Chapter 19 Tips for Masters
- Listening to Everything
- Learning How It Works
- Following the Protocol
- Keeping Your Axe Sharp
- Practice to Make Perfect
- Paying Attention to Detail
- Knowing What You Don't Know
- Maintaining Radio Discipline
- Make Small Improvements Continuously.