Amateur Radio: Home but Never Alone

An amateur radio operator (known as a ham) is an individual that has obtained an amateur radio license to operate a radio transmitter. The amateur radio service is free of most government regulation and provides its operators with the privilege of free access to all frequencies allocated for amateur use.

Ham radio operators enjoy many benefits, but they also are required to serve their community by providing emergency communications in the event of natural disasters and at other times.

Despite the huge number of advanced gadgets introducing the markets, ham radio remains an enjoyable and valuable hobby for hundreds of thousands of radio enthusiasts across the world. Although you do not believe that HAM radio is an exciting hobby, several reasons to become a HAM might get you more interested.

One of them is to keep in touch with your relatives or friends even if they are far away from you. Ham radio operators can have contact with one another using their own repeaters or on the many repeaters that do not require a license. In addition, they can have contact without being charged for every call they make. This means that airline passengers can still talk with their families when they get stuck on the tarmac.

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