Here are some resources to learning more and getting started in amateur radio:
TIPS
Audio Podcasts
Blogs
KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog
W2LJ's Blog - Do More with Less
Sparky's Blog
Ham Radio Blog PD0AC
Video Podcasts
Videos
TIPS
- Register for this website to gain access to all of the free resources in this site.
- Listen to the QSO Today podcast - a weekly interview, or QSO, with veteran ham radio operators
- Listen or watch Ham Nation on the TWIT.TV network - a weekly ham radio variety show
- Join an amateur radio club in your area. Here is a Link to ARRL Find a Club
- Join the ARRL, The American Radio Relay League, the US national club of amateur radio. If you are not in the USA, then join your country's national club.
- Find ham radio on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google+
- The QSO Today Facebook page is here
- Join ham radio forums on hundreds of ham radio subjects at Yahoo Groups
- Take a ham radio course offered by hams in your community
- Take a ham radio self study course
- Get adopted by asking a ham radio "Elmer" or seasoned ham who would take you under wiing
Audio Podcasts
- QSO Today Podcast
- ICQ Podcast
- Linux in the Ham Shack
- Fo Time - "the other ham radio podcast"
- One Hundred Watts and a Wire
Blogs
KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog
W2LJ's Blog - Do More with Less
Sparky's Blog
Ham Radio Blog PD0AC
Video Podcasts
- W2AEW YouTube Channel - Alan's excellent videos on ham radio and electronics
- Ham College - a great video resource to learn the basics once you have your license.
- ARVN - Amateur Radio Video News also Ham Radio Now TV_, with Gary Pearce, KN4AQ
Videos
- The DIY of Amateur Radio -An 8 minute film about the "do it yourself" of amateur radio produced by the ARRL.
- Amateur Radio Today - hosted by Walter Cronkite - This is a classic hosted by America's most famous Broadcaster amateur radio operator.