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Getting Started

What the heck is Amateur

Radio and how can I get

Started?

Fancy chatting across the world? Well using Amateur Radio you can do just that, No I’m not joking, I remember my first HF (High Frequency) contact I was at home as M6IPK using a Yaesu FT 450 radio and a vertical antenna called a Buddistick and made contact with a Ham in Southern Bulgaria using just 5 Watts of power, no internet involvement whatsoever, it was just antenna to antenna, I thought wow this is cool. I’ve since used various antennas and made contacts across the world.
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Ok, to land on this page you must have a fleeting interest or even a curiosity as to what this thing called Amateur Radio is all about and I totally get that. Suffice is it to say that Amateur Radio allows an operator to talk to other amateurs (Hams) across the globe, but it’s way more than that, just look at the leaflets on this page ( all of which can be downloaded via the RSGB Website ). With the new 25 Watts that Foundation Licencees can use it opens up a whole world of possibilities. Talk around the world without the Internet or mobile phones, Yes that’s right, you can use HF radios (Please keep to the power limitations for your appropriate licence level). You can use 2m/70cm radio’s even the digital modes to literally chat across the world on a handheld radio using, DMR, DStar, C4FM (Fusion) all of these things are available to you with just a foundation licence.
Want to try configuring Raspberry Pi’s? Lots of hams like to use Raspberry Pi’s for different projects to do with Amateur radio and many have gone on to form their own companies doing just that. Amateur Radio hotspots seem to be a favourite for many hams, but if you have the know how to take this further then join us and build us some great equipment, the list of things you can do is endless
Morse Code? Do you want to learn Morse Code? It’s not the dying radio mode that people may think it is, there are many hams out there that still to this day consider Morse Code (or CW) as their favourite mode of communication. Morse Keys are readily available with Amateur Radio stockists, so why not give it a try (You know you want to)
Amateur Radio is so diverse that I cannot list everything within these pages, in fact I wouldn’t attempt to. If you like what you have read then come and join us, Radio Hams are worldwide not just Britain, if I look at site analytics I see that this site is accessed from many different countries, like U.S, China, India and all across Europe and to be honest I encourage it because Amateur Radio is for everybody worldwide as stated above.

Getting Started

What the heck is Amateur

Radio and how can I get

Started?

Fancy chatting across the world? Well using Amateur Radio you can do just that, No I’m not joking, I remember my first HF (High Frequency) contact I was at home as M6IPK using a Yaesu FT 450 radio and a vertical antenna called a Buddistick and made contact with a Ham in Southern Bulgaria using just 5 Watts of power, no internet involvement whatsoever, it was just antenna to antenna, I thought wow this is cool. I’ve since used various antennas and made contacts across the world.
The Home of Terence M8IPK
Modern Spa
The Home of Terence M8IPK
IPK London
The Home of Terence M8IPK
IPK London
ipklondon.uk
Built by M8IPK
Ok, to land on this page you must have a fleeting interest or even a curiosity as to what this thing called Amateur Radio is all about and I totally get that. Suffice is it to say that Amateur Radio allows an operator to talk to other amateurs (Hams) across the globe, but it’s way more than that, just look at the leaflets on this page ( all of which can be downloaded via the RSGB Website ). With the new 25 Watts that Foundation Licencees can use it opens up a whole world of possibilities. Talk around the world without the Internet or mobile phones, Yes that’s right, you can use HF radios (Please keep to the power limitations for your appropriate licence level). You can use 2m/70cm handheld radio’s even the digital modes to literally chat across the world using, DMR, DStar, C4FM (Fusion) all of these things are available to you with just a foundation licence.
Want to try configuring Raspberry Pi’s? Lots of hams like to use Raspberry Pi’s for different projects to do with Amateur radio and many have gone on to form their own companies doing just that. Amateur Radio hotspots seem to be a favourite for many hams, but if you have the know how to take this further then join us and build us some great equipment, the list of things you can do is endless
Morse Code? Do you want to learn Morse Code? It’s not the dying radio mode that people may think it is, there are many hams out there that still to this day consider Morse Code (or CW) as their favourite mode of communication. Morse Keys are readily available with Amateur Radio stockists, so why not give it a try (You know you want to)
Amateur Radio is so diverse that I cannot list everything within these pages, in fact I wouldn’t attempt to. If you like what you have read then come and join us, Radio Hams are worldwide not just Britain, if I look at site analytics I see that this site is accessed from many different countries, like U.S, China, India and all across Europe and to be honest I encourage it because Amateur Radio is for everybody worldwide as stated above.