A good friend of mine, Mike VK5ZC, put the information below together and asked me to put it on my web site. He has spent a lot of time putting it together with pictures and videos, so I encourage you to have a good read.
Topics include:
- What is Ham Radio
- Introduction Video
- The Circuits
- The Components
- The Early Pioneers
- Who Invented the first radio
- The Amplifier
- Modulation
- Introduction to SSB
- Pre-WWI
- Between the Wars
- During WWII
- Post War
- Licensing
- Call Signs
- Types of Radios
Open the PDF document here:
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Mike also wrote a document Antenna’s which is also a fantastic read. You can read that here.
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