Information about Amateur Radio

  • Here is a description of the Purpose of Field Day activities
  • What Is the Objective of Field Day activity
  • US Amateur callsign regions
  • Amateur Radio World Prefix Map (chart)
  • US Amateur Radio Bands (chart)
  • Chart of the Electromagnetic Spectrum (chart)
  • What's the Appeal of Ham Radio? (1 page of text)
  • Basis and Purpose of Amateur Radio, text of Subpart A articles 97.1, 97.3 (1 page of text)
  • Looking to discover all you can do with your amateur radio license - the ARRL On the Air Magazine web page and its companion On the Air Podcast are some places to start. If you're a newly licensed Amateur Radio operator with lots of questions, these past "So Now What?" podcast episodes offer insights from those who've been exactly where you are now. The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio and offers many resources; the web page ARRL Reshapes its Podcast Offerings describes some of them.
  • Amateur Radio Glossary (text)
  • Acronym list for Amateur Radio (text)

  • Amateur Radio Is the Original Social Media.
    Here are some Musing about how Amateur Radio differs from other social media.