(Ebook) The Successful Ham Radio Operator’s Handbook: Best Practices for all Hams by Fred Cady, Vic DiCiccio

(Ebook) The Successful Ham Radio Operator’s Handbook: Best Practices for all Hams by Fred Cady, Vic DiCiccio

Welcome back!  The wonderful world of amateur radio awaits you.  You can dip your toe in to test the waters or jump in the deep end of the pool.  In any event, there are many things to learn to be a successful amateur radio operator.  This book is designed to help you achieve that goal.

A successful operator is one who knows how the equipment operates.  For example, understanding how a noise blanker works is critical to using it effectively.  Your operator’s manual will tell you how to activate the noise blanker in your rig.  This book will help you understand how it operates and why it works in some situations and doesn’t in others.  A successful operator is one who understands how radio signals propagate from one place to another without the benefit of an underlying $trillion infrastructure of cell phone networks and the internet.  This is the magical part of ham radio.  We will help you understand what it takes to have an effective antenna to accomplish this and why some antenna choices may be less than optimal. A successful operator is one who knows how to be a good neighbor on the amateur bands.  Knowing what kind of behavior is acceptable and what is not is part of being a successful operator.