Ham radio connects across cultural lines (audio). Amateur radio is a kind of non-commercial broadcasting. Also known as ham radio, the people who do it are known as hams. It’s a popular hobby; there are more than 2 million ham radio clubs around the world, and more than a dozen here in southwest Ohio. Community Voices producer Charlene Edwards, a rookie ham, says every operator has a call sign they use to identify themselves and she has this story about the colorblind quality of ham radio broadcasting.
SK: Typing teacher became an authority on IT. Maggie Iaquinto came to Australia to start a family, little dreaming that she would make significant contributions as a teacher of information technology, a committee member for the Victorian Information Teachers Association (VITTA) and as a ham radio operator who was able to talk to Russian cosmonauts in their native tongue.
Longtime DJ starts radio station in his home. There’s a “new kid on the block” on the radio waves in Franklin County. WQMR FM-LP (low power) or Q101.3 has been on the air 24 hours a day, seven days a week since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the station a license to broadcast, according to Executive Director Don Mattingly, also know as W3EHF.
It’s nice to see hams getting involved in LPFM….Dan
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