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Subject Learn about Ham Radios this weekend! Experts in your area this weekend!! This could save your life one day!!

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[quote:Lester 18367393:MV8xOTA1NTE5XzMxODU5ODE1X0NDNzQ1MERE]
Not like you need a license to buy a transmitter/receiver.

Not like in "The Aftermath" that you will run a 1200w linear amplifier, antenna tuner, and masted yagi antenna by genset.

Lots of interesting capabilities with radios, but during WW-II and at other times, the US Govt has forbidden operations.

Can do about as much with a cell phone as any ham radio; lots more actually.  Still a good general purpose receiver is a nice asset to have available.  Learn how to make a decent dipole antenna and listen with headphones for faint signals.

Some of the older Icom and Yaesu transceivers could be modded to transmit on all frequencies.  Some of the 5w low-power rigs are very cool for backpack use if you know CW=Morse Code.

Not like Hams make their own gear or assemble kits anymore, unless you figure fitting a computer board is tantamount to building a rig.  If you want a Real Radio, you get a table-top rig with AC power and DC capability.  Icom, Yaesu, Drake, Kenwood and others are out there.  Maybe a large Grundig, Sony 2010, or a Transoceanic, even a late era Hallicrafters if you want to play with a BFO instead of switchable sideband.
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Original Message Saturday and Sunday, the public will have a chance to meet and talk with local ham radio operators and see for themselves what amateur radio service is about at the annual Field Day. Showing the newest digital and satellite capabilities, voice communications and even historical Morse code, hams across the nation will hold public demonstrations of emergency communications abilities.

ARRL Field Day is This Weekend: Are You Ready?
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06/19/2012

Tens of thousands of Amateur Radio operators will be firing up portable radio stations from unexpected locations this weekend for ARRL Field Day. On June 23-24, over 35,000 hams are expected to operate from parks, malls, schools and. yes, fields, around the country.

Field Day is the climax of the week-long Amateur Radio Week sponsored by the ARRL. As of June 19, 21 states have issued proclamations thanking and supporting the hams for their community service work, and more are expected to do so.

Looking for a Field Day location? [link to www.arrl.org]

Information for media and the general public is at www.arrl.org/2012FieldDay.

Information for radio amateurs and participants is at www.arrl.org/field-day.

On Twitter you can follow @ARRL.

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