The various ways you can find and join a ham club, what benefit you can render to the club as a member and how you can get the best out of ham groups, have been clearly explained in this guide. All the basic radio operating frequencies were clearly explained including tips on how you can maximize each of them.

The guide also provides you with how to maintain and improve your radio station. All the details about the FCC exams and how you can register have been provided with tips to study for your exams and pass well.

The term “ham” has been in existence for more than a century. The term has been deployed by individuals or corporate bodies who, for one reason or another, enjoy being on air for recreational, educational or other technical reasons. A ham operator, also addressed as amateur radio operator, can build or personalize his own radio station after obtaining such license from relevant bodies. The ham operator essentially uses equipment from a ham radio station to initiate a two way communication with other ham operators, or even individuals within the community. The ham radio station will be able to operate on specific frequencies which have been assigned to the station by relevant communication agencies – such as the Federal Communication Commission (domiciled in the United States) and the International communication union (found in all countries of the world). Ham radio operators can create and use many types of radio stations, ranging from permanent ground stations, field stations (temporary), space stations and stations set up on mobile.

There have been some improvements in the ham radio today – compared to how it was some decades ago – with ham radios now using the Amateur radio satellite. With the Amateur radio satellite, radio operators can now use their hand-held radio to communicate over the amateur radio satellite.

There are many reasons why people decide to venture in or to use hams radio. These reasons range from people who are just interested in the fun side of ham radio to those who have interest in understanding the basic aspect of radio electronics. We can have the technology and operation aspect of ham radio and also the social aspect (using ham for fun).