This site is mostly about a social approach to enjoying amateur radio. Our story starts with how Tim came to get an amateur radio license after more than 30 years of thinking about it, and then managed to get Sherrie interested in doing the same. It's our hope that the information will help others get started by working through some frequent problems — especially understanding that not everyone is technically skilled, or even very interested in those aspects. (We'll add, please note that this does not rule out tinkering. Tim has been known to put an adapter on a rig and then another to adapt it back to the original, just to do something.) Responses are welcome, and may provide grist for the mill; e-mail. A Different View of Amateur Radio Getting Started Passing the Exams Learning Morse Code Life in an RF hole Remote Base Radio Amateur Radio for Railfans Books . . . for Dummies and Otherwise A Trip to the Craft Store Yaesu FT-50RD Yaesu FT-60R Yaesu FT-1900R Radio Shack HTX-200 Radio Shack HTX-420 BNC adapter for SMA radios Links Field Day and People with Disabilities

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