Mid-monthly at Magpies Waitara
Next Tuesday the 11th July, HADARC will hold its Mid Monthly meeting at Magpies in Waitara. The evening will be a chance to catch up with fellow amateurs and share some of those tall and not so tall radio stories.
It seems there are more & more ways to find helpful information these days and Amateur Radio is no exception. It was interesting to see Audible (books you listen to rather than read) has a No-Fluff Beginner's Guide to Setting Up and Using Your Ham Radio.
It says “Ham radio is a fun hobby that allows you to talk to other ham radio operators locally and around the world. Depending on your license class, ham radio is used for a wide variety of activities. It is also useful in emergencies and search and rescue operations in disaster situations where all communication networks are down. The beauty of ham radio is that it is independent of any resources, whether grid or Internet for operation. Astronauts also communicate with Earth from space with ham radios. There are also multiple amateur radio satellites orbiting around the Earth which can be used for communication even as an entry-level ham radio operator. Packet radio is a digital mode which affords operators to send data through amateur radios just like the Internet.”
So if you have a friend interested in radio and they just want a book read out to them over a PC or Phone, this eBook may be helpful.
We look forward to seeing you at HADARC’s next Tuesdays dinner at Magpies Waitara.
73’s for now
Matt/ VK2BAI