The Skinny on Ham Radio: Getting Licensed

The Survival Mom ^ | Jan 2012 | Survival Mom

[Professional Engineer]

A lot of preppers are talking about Ham radio as a communications system during and after an SHTF event. The ability to listen and even talk with people vast distances away in real time is powerful tool.

For a very long time I’ve wanted to get an Amateur Radio license (“Ham”). For one reason or another I never undertook the study and the test. Until now. I have just passed my Technician’s license exam! (as of writing this) While it will still be a couple of weeks before I get my official station call sign, I’m very excited and already preparing for the next step of licensing. In this article I will walk you through the details of exactly how to get your first Ham radio license. It isn’t a hard process but can be a bit confusing and I didn’t find any one source that clearly listed it all.

[scripter]

Thanks for adding me to the ping list.

I know I’m resurrecting an old thread... I’ve been looking around at various radios and will make a purchase someday.

In the 70s some people used to connect their CB radios to amplifiers but I think it was illegal. Is it possible to legally connect a hand held ham unit to an amplifier?

[Eye of Unk]

To post 6,

What he said.....

What I would do.

[mylife]

I could not tell you.
I don’t have a license.

I just listen.

[editor-surveyor]

Go Here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_licensing_in_the_United_States

(I know, don’t be a wikipedophile...)