Stuff I do

What is amateur radio? Amateur radio (or HAM radio) is a great hobby, or sport - it depends on how seriously do you take it, and what activities you choose to engage in precisely. Basically HAM radio is a pastime where people around the world buy and/or build radio transceivers, antennas and lots of other gear, and make contacts with each other using the frequencies and modes that complies with rather strict regulations. Amateur radio operators also participate in emergency communication, since no infrastructure is required, and with the proper tools, they can talk over thousands of kilometres. Despite the aforementioned strictness of radio regulations, there are multitude of ways you can "do HAM radio". If you enjoy chatting, you can buy a cheap hand-held device and check into a "net" on a local repeater. If you like "hunting DX" - making long-distance contacts on different continents (or covering an unusually large distance at the given circums...