ARRL Store

Hams do cool things like talking to folks around the world and helping with communications during emergencies. Here’s the scoop, including licensing requirements and how to set up a station. And if you’re already licensed, this book will help you start sounding (and feeling) like a pro!

The Dummies Way:

• Explanations in plain English
  
• "Get in, get out" information
  
• Icons and other navigational aids
  
• Tear-out cheat sheet
  
• Top ten lists
  
• A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

• Understand ham jargon
  
• Communicate on the air
  
• Prepare for the license exam
  
• Set up a radio shack
  
• Help in an emergency or natural disaster
  
• Be a ham on the go

About the author: Ward Silver is an electrical engineer who’s been a licensed ham for 31 years. His ham radio call sign is N0AX. He is a contributing editor and columnist for QST, the monthly magazine for ham operators published by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL--The national association for AMATEUR RADIO).

380 pages. © 2004, by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.