Ham Radio For Dummies, 3rd Edition

About the Author

H. Ward Silver, ham radio call sign NØAX, has been a ham since 1972, when he earned his Novice license and became WNØGQP. His experiences in ham radio led to a 20-year career as an electrical engineer, designing microprocessor-based products and medical devices. In 2000, he began a second career as a teacher and writer, receiving the Bill Orr Technical Writing Award in both 2003 and 2016. In 2008, he was recognized as the Dayton Hamvention’s Ham of the Year. Finally, in 2015, he became a member of the CQ Contesting Hall of Fame.

Silver is lead editor of the two primary amateur radio technical references, both published by the American Radio Relay League: The ARRL Handbook and The ARRL Antenna Book. He is the author of all three ARRL licensing study guides, and for 15 years wrote the popular monthly column “Hands-On Radio,” now available in three volumes of experiments from the ARRL. He has written two other Wiley titles as well: Two-Way Radios and Scanners For Dummies and Circuitbuilding Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, as well as the ham radio detective mystery Ray Tracy: Zone of Iniquity (published on www.lulu.com). His most recent book is the tutorial Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur (www.arrl.org/shop). He writes the “Ham’s Wireless Workbench” column for Nuts & Volts magazine.

On the air, he enjoys contacting faraway (DX) stations, competing in radiosport competitions, building antennas, and participating in his local club and ARES emergency communications ...