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Ham Radio For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Ham Radio For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by H. Ward Silver
March 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
432 pages
11h 23m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 3

Finding Other Hams: Your Support Group

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Finding mentors and clubs

check Checking out online communities

check Becoming a member of the ARRL

check Finding a specialty organization

check Going to hamfests and conventions

One of the oldest traditions of ham radio is helping newcomers. After all, a ham radio license is mostly a license to learn! Hams are great at providing a little guidance or assistance. You can make your first forays into ham radio operating much easier and more successful by taking advantage of those helping hands. This chapter shows you how to find them.

Finding and Being a Mentor

A mentor is very useful in helping you over the rough spots that every newcomer encounters. A good place to start your search for a mentor is to search for ham radio clubs in your area (refer to “Finding and choosing a club,” later in this chapter). You might start on the clubs page of the QRZ.com website (www.qrz.com/clubs), for example. When you’ve narrowed down the clubs closest to ...

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