1 / 20

AMATEUR RADIO (Ham RADIO)

Pierric Guiral – English Class - 19/04/2013. AMATEUR RADIO (Ham RADIO). What is Ham Radio ? Why Ham Radio ? My object : a QSL card. Introduction. 1. General facts A bit of history - How to become a ham – Call signs 2. What are Ham Activities ? Hams in the world – Kind of activities

cleo
Download Presentation

AMATEUR RADIO (Ham RADIO)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. PierricGuiral – English Class - 19/04/2013 AMATEUR RADIO (Ham RADIO)

  2. What is Ham Radio ? Why Ham Radio ? My object : a QSL card Introduction

  3. 1. General facts • A bit of history - How to become a ham – Call signs • 2. What are Ham Activities ? • Hams in the world – Kind of activities • 3. How Hams do ? • A shack – contact – Demo Outline

  4. 1835 : Morse code invented 1888 : (Hertz, Tesla, Maxwell) : experimenting 1899 : Marconi : Across the Channel (GBR-FR) 1902 : Marconi : Transatlantic (US-GBR) 1912 : Titanic sank : amateur > 1500kHz 1923 : 1st 2 way transatlantic contact 1957 : Sputnik 1 General Facts - A bit of history…

  5. Learning the basics (Frequencies, ethics…) • Having an amateur radio license • Assembling the Equipment • Shack • Aerial(s) • Rig(s) / TX / RX / Transceiver / PC + SDR • Mic • Feed line • Logbook General Facts - becoming an operator

  6. Each country/territory has a specific call sign • USA : A*1** / N5*** / W0*** • France : F0*** / F4*** / F8*** • UK : G***** / M***** • Italy : I**** • Spain : EA**** • Germany : DL**** • … General facts - Callsigns

  7. 2 . What are Ham Activities ?

  8. Licensed Ham Operators in the World

  9. SWL (Short wave listeners) • CW - Phone • Data (SSTV, (Fax), files) • Digimods (RTTY (Baudot), Packet, PSK31, …) • Video : ATV - DATV • Satelites, ISS • Dxpeditions - DXing • Contests • Antennas experimentation • Emergency and disaster communication What do we do ? SOME Ham activities...

  10. How isitdone… A shack !

  11. How do we make a CW contact

  12. Packet Radio / APRS ( http://aprs.fi )

  13. SSTV (Slow scan TV)

  14. Amateur TV (ATV - DATV)

  15. Dxpedition – T32C : Kiritimati Is.

  16. 3. How Hams DO ?

  17. Last contact : • VA3GA : Gunther from Toronto, Canada • Band : 15 Meter wavelength • Frequency : 21.240 MHz • April 14th 2013 4PM – (10AM in Canada) • 12 minutes long Whatdoes a QSO look like ?

  18. Calling a station / calling CQ (seek you) • Several answers : • Signal report • Name • QTH (location) • Hardware • QSL • 73 and bye How does a QSO/contact happen ?

  19. Any Questions ? Many thanks to Rick (AA1PJ) and his wife Mary Anne (N1YMN), Brad (W0VFT), Jean-Paul (F4FDB), the REF63 (F5KDC), Pierre (F8FHC), and the Radio Club of the University of Maine (W1YA), for their passion and their contribution to this presentation.

  20.  Bonus 

More Related