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  • Ham Radio for Dummies (4th Edition)

  • By: H. Ward Silver
  • Narrated by: Matthew Boston
  • Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (27 ratings)

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Publisher's summary

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. Hams are also good in a crisis, keeping communications alive and crackling during extreme weather events and loss of communications.

If one or more of these benefits is of interest to you, then good news: the new edition of Ham Radio for Dummies covers them all! In his signature friendly style, longtime ham Ward Silver (call sign NØAX) - contributing editor with the American Radio Relay League - patches you in on everything from getting the right equipment and building your station to the intricacies of Morse code and Ohm's law. In addition, he coaches you on how to prepare for the FCC-mandated licensing exam and tunes you up for ultimate glory in the ham radio hall of fame as a Radiosport competitor! With this book, you'll learn to:

  • Set up and organize your station
  • Communicate with people around the world
  • Prep for and pass the FCC exam
  • Tune into the latest tech, such as digital mode operating
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Kept up my interest!

Helped me get a good all around understanding of what the youtubers I watch are talking about

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gave me a heads up

Been debating for some time on to get into ham, this helped me decide that making the jump won't be so bad.

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Good overview of ham radio

very good information and well narrated . covers wide range of ham radio topics. After listening to this audio version, I purchased a print copy to have as a reference.

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No accompanying Pdf ?!

Needs an accompanying Pdf for links and resources listed. Otherwise good information for the beginner HAM.

The absence of a link/resource Pdf will require you to bookmark and/or stop and write down any info you might want to utilize later.

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Started strong but…

Lots of details in this book and it was good in the beginning chapters but then it just meandered on and on. It became a slog to go through.

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Need the hard copy

Intent Links are read out loud and are super long and
Unnecessary. This was a waste for an audiobook it may be OK in hardcopy but don’t even bother trying to listen to it

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