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What is Ham Radio ? Why Ham Radio ? My object : a QSL card
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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
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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
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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
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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**** …
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Country Quantity (Wikipedia) Ratio ham/population
#1/ Japan 1 296 059 (1999) 1,01%
#2/ USA 682 500 (2009) 0,22%
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#5/ Germany 75 262 (2007) 0,09%
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#11/ Brazil 32 053 (1997) 0,03%
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#15/ France 14 478 (2011) 0,02%
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#20/ South Africa 6 000 (1994) 0,01%
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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 9
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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
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Calling a station / calling CQ (seek you)
Several answers : Signal report Name QTH (location) Hardware QSL
73 and bye18
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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.
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