Pierric Guiral – English Class - 19/04/2013
What is Ham Radio ? Why Ham Radio ? My object : a QSL card 2
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 3
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 : 1 st 2 way transatlantic contact 1957 : Sputnik 1 4
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 5
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**** … 6
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CountryQuantity (Wikipedia)Ratio ham/population #1/ Japan (1999)1,01% #2/ USA (2009)0,22% ……… #5/ Germany (2007)0,09% … …… #11/ Brazil (1997)0,03% ……… #15/ France (2011)0,02% ……… #20/ South Africa6 000 (1994)0,01% 8
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 : MHz April 14 th PM – (10AM in Canada) 12 minutes long 17
Calling a station / calling CQ (seek you) Several answers : Signal report Name QTH (location) Hardware QSL 73 and bye 18
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. 19
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