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Posted on September 11, 2009 11:29:39 AM PDT by William of Barsoom

Getting your ham radio license is an idea well worth considering if you think comunications might be restricted under some circumstances.

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Getting your ham radio license is an idea well worth considering if you think comunications might be restricted under some future (political) circumstances.
Such as under a real or imagined (or ginned-up) emergency, which grants the president special authority to control and restrict radio and TV networks, and now possibly the internet as well.

If one secures the entry-level ham license, the “Technician,” one will meet other ham radio operators — many of whom you will discover are quite conservative in their views. One can gather ham radio gear more easiy and quietly both from commercial sources and from other operators. And, one will “learn the ropes” from the local guys. Almost everywhere has an active ham radio club or two, and they happily assist newcomers with license courses and license testing sessions. (There are a few crusty crotchety old crabs, but they are rare and can be ignored.)

The material isn’t very difficult. Knowledge of Morse code is no longer required,

I suggest the book, “Ham Radio for Dummies,” by Ward Silver, available from The American Radio Relay League (www.ARRL.org) and from Amazon (cheaper). It’s a typical “Dummies” black and yellow book, and is a great beginner’s low-cost, no-obligation look into what it is, and what you can do with it.

Family groups can use it for routine daily personal communications far beyond the capabilities of old-style CB and the new so-called “Family Radios.” It even has some significant advantages compared to cellphones and texting. For example, no “air-time” billing charges or records, and no permanent texting archives stored... ...somewhere.

1 posted on September 11, 2009 11:29:39 AM PDT by William of Barsoom