What is Ham Radio?
A Multi-faceted hobby
- Rag Chewing (carrying on a lengthy conversation with another person)
- DXing (talking with amateur radio operators in foreign countries)
- Voice and/or Morse code communication
- Communication via digital modes (Slow-scan television, radio-teletype, packet radio, PSK-31, and APRS)
- Communicating via moon-bounce
- Communicating via amateur radio satellites
- Fox hunting (practice finding a hidden transmitter)
International Communication
- Promote international friendship, regardless of education, religion, race, color, or political preferences.