Amateur Radio
Catching a Wave
Marcel Bechtoldt, UMSL
What is Ham Radio?
Info: http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html
Regulations: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/news/part97/
Public Services
911,
Earthquakes,
Tsunamis,
Tornados,
Heavy Storms,
Hurricanes,
Fire
Disaster Communication,
RACES, SkyWarn, Red Cross and MARS
Who is a Ham?
http://www.hamradio-online.com/notable.html
http://www.patmedia.net/gjurrens/astrohams.html
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/thagard.html
http://www.af9y.com/default.htm
http://www.qsl.net/w5www/famous.html
Science Impacted by Ham Radio
http://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/hist_jansky.shtml
Development of Algorithms for Advance
Communication.
Satellite and Space Communication
Communication Engineering
What are radio Waves?
http://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/mechanisms.shtml
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Propagation of Radio Waves
http://www.ae4rv.com/tn/propflash.htm
Solar Activity Reports,
Solar Physics,
Measuring Energy from the Sun,
NBS WWV
http://www.radioelectronicschool.com/reading/reading28.pdf
Propagation Forecasting
Every Day Use of the Waves
Antennas
Doing the Math 468/f= n of half-wave dipole
http://www.ycars.org/EFRA/Module%20C/AntArray.htm
Radio:
analog/digital
TV: analog/digital DTV, HDTV
Cell: analog/digital cell repeater
Computers:
Wifi WiMax
Ham Radio and K-12
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/teacher/curriculum.html
http://www.101science.com/amateurradio.htm
http://www.k1man.com/web16/Page_18x.html
Ham Radio and Physics
http://www.physorg.com/news7885.html
http://ecjones.org/physics.html
http://www.nrao.edu/whatisra/hist_ham.shtml
http://www.purchon.com/physics/electromagnetic.htm#radio
http://www.signalone.com/radioastronomy/telescope/
Radio Communication Modes
AM
FM
SSB
Digital
CW, HSCW
RTTY
Packet, ASCII/TCP IP Packtor, Amtor, Facsimile,
APRS
PSK31
SSTV, ATV