Amateur

Who’s that on the Radio? Creating Your Ham Identity

Behind every Ham is a callsign. It is how you are known in the amateur radio community. Creating your own callsign (vanity callsign) helps to personalize your radio identity.

QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo – Eyewitness Report

I’m not entirely sure that “eyewitness” is the correct term for attending a virtual event. But I was there, so to speak, and here’s my report.

RCA Youth Activities: QSO Today Ham Expo

In 2008 when I became a Director of RCA (Radio Club of America), I created the Youth Activities program. My committee and I set our goals to encourage, support, and showcase talented young ham radio operators.

VHF Simplex Operation and Spectrum Scope Use

With VHF simplex operation it’s all about finding the other stations for general communication, DXing, or contest QSOs, and there’s no better tool than a spectrum scope for finding those stations.

Satellite Operations – Amazing Technology, Grids and Grins

If you haven’t tried satellite operations, I heartily encourage you to check out this amazing yet easily accessed segment of our amateur radio hobby.

Radio Scouting – Mentoring the Next Generation of Hams

Icom America began its relationship with Boy Scouts of America in 1981, by loaning equipment to the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association’s jamboree operation at Fort A.P. Hill.