Amateur Radio

Catching a Wave

Marcel Bechtoldt, UMSL

 

What is Ham Radio?

Info: http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html

Regulations: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/news/part97/

 

Public Services

911,
Earthquakes,
Tsunamis,
Tornados,
Heavy Storms,
Hurricanes,
Fire

Disaster Communication,
RACES,  SkyWarn,  Red Cross and MARS

 

Who is a Ham?

http://www.qrz.com/n9njy

http://www.hamradio-online.com/notable.html

http://ecjones.org/

http://www.patmedia.net/gjurrens/astrohams.html

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/thagard.html

http://www.af9y.com/default.htm

http://www.qsl.net/w5www/famous.html

 

Science Impacted by Ham Radio

http://www.bigear.org/

http://www.bigear.org/wow.htm

http://www.vla.nrao.edu/

http://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/hist_jansky.shtml

 

Development of Algorithms for Advance Communication.
Satellite and Space Communication
Communication Engineering 

 

What are radio Waves?

http://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/mechanisms.shtml

 

Electromagnetic Spectrum
Propagation of Radio Waves

http://www.ae4rv.com/tn/propflash.htm

Solar Activity Reports,
Solar Physics,
Measuring Energy from the Sun,
NBS   WWV

http://www.radioelectronicschool.com/reading/reading28.pdf

Propagation Forecasting

 

Every Day Use of the Waves

Antennas
Doing the Math 468/f= n of half-wave dipole

http://www.ycars.org/EFRA/Module%20C/AntArray.htm

Radio:   analog/digital

TV:       analog/digital  DTV, HDTV

Cell:     analog/digital  cell repeater

Computers:    Wifi   WiMax
Ham Radio and K-12

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/teacher/curriculum.html

 

http://www.101science.com/

http://www.101science.com/amateurradio.htm

http://www.k1man.com/web16/Page_18x.html

 

 

 

Ham Radio and Physics

http://www.physorg.com/news7885.html

http://ecjones.org/physics.html

http://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/hist_ham.shtml

http://www.purchon.com/physics/electromagnetic.htm#radio

http://www.signalone.com/radioastronomy/telescope/

 

Radio Communication Modes

AM
FM
SSB
Digital
CW,  HSCW
RTTY
Packet, ASCII/TCP IP Packtor, Amtor, Facsimile, APRS
PSK31
SSTV, ATV