1. Pierric Guiral – English Class - 19/04/2013

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

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 3

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 : 1 st 2 way transatlantic contact  1957 : Sputnik 1 4

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 5

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****  … 6

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8. CountryQuantity (Wikipedia)Ratio ham/population #1/ Japan1 296 059 (1999)1,01% #2/ USA682 500 (2009)0,22% ……… #5/ Germany75 262 (2007)0,09% … …… #11/ Brazil32 053 (1997)0,03% ……… #15/ France14 478 (2011)0,02% ……… #20/ South Africa6 000 (1994)0,01% 8

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 9

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17.  Last contact :  VA3GA : Gunther from Toronto, Canada  Band : 15 Meter wavelength  Frequency : 21.240 MHz  April 14 th 2013 4PM – (10AM in Canada)  12 minutes long 17

18.  Calling a station / calling CQ (seek you)  Several answers :  Signal report  Name  QTH (location)  Hardware  QSL  73 and bye 18

19. 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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