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<blockquote data-quote="Cougar" data-source="post: 2500099" data-attributes="member: 3179"><p>There is an entire organization of people (ARRL) that teach HAM radio classes. They can also legally administer the FCC HAM test at the end of the class. I would suggest contacting one of the ARRL teachers that is local to you and either attending one of their regularly scheduled classes, or asking them to teach a special class for the interested okshooters people. CB radio and FRS are children's toys compared to a properly setup HAM radio. Ham radio can easily and fairly reliably talk thousands of miles. There is a 70cm band UHF repeater system in Oklahoma called the TARC super link where you can talk to most of the state through a battery powered "handy talkie." The entry level license, technician class, is a fairly easy test. This will let you legally use VHF and UHF radio spectrum at power limits wayyyyyy above CB and FRS. VHF and UHF will allow you to reliably talk several hundred miles. A step up from Technician class is General class and Extra class. These higher level licenses allow you to use High Frequency (HF) radio spectrum which "bounces" off of Earth's ionsphere, allowing you to communicate world wide. These tests are much harder, and the radio equipment more complicated, but these higher licenses are absolutely worth the effort if radio is something you enjoy. It is possible to hurt yourself or others (burns, shocks, etc) with radios, especially high powered radios. These classes will teach you what you need to know so that doesn't happen.</p><p></p><p>Listing of classes:</p><p><a href="http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-class" target="_blank">http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-class</a></p><p></p><p>Listing of FCC license Exams:</p><p><a href="http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-exam-session" target="_blank">http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-exam-session</a></p><p></p><p>Test Question Pools (these are the actual questions AND answers that will be asked on your ham test.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.arrl.org/question-pools" target="_blank">http://www.arrl.org/question-pools</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cougar, post: 2500099, member: 3179"] There is an entire organization of people (ARRL) that teach HAM radio classes. They can also legally administer the FCC HAM test at the end of the class. I would suggest contacting one of the ARRL teachers that is local to you and either attending one of their regularly scheduled classes, or asking them to teach a special class for the interested okshooters people. CB radio and FRS are children's toys compared to a properly setup HAM radio. Ham radio can easily and fairly reliably talk thousands of miles. There is a 70cm band UHF repeater system in Oklahoma called the TARC super link where you can talk to most of the state through a battery powered "handy talkie." The entry level license, technician class, is a fairly easy test. This will let you legally use VHF and UHF radio spectrum at power limits wayyyyyy above CB and FRS. VHF and UHF will allow you to reliably talk several hundred miles. A step up from Technician class is General class and Extra class. These higher level licenses allow you to use High Frequency (HF) radio spectrum which "bounces" off of Earth's ionsphere, allowing you to communicate world wide. These tests are much harder, and the radio equipment more complicated, but these higher licenses are absolutely worth the effort if radio is something you enjoy. It is possible to hurt yourself or others (burns, shocks, etc) with radios, especially high powered radios. These classes will teach you what you need to know so that doesn't happen. Listing of classes: [url]http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-class[/url] Listing of FCC license Exams: [url]http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-exam-session[/url] Test Question Pools (these are the actual questions AND answers that will be asked on your ham test. [url]http://www.arrl.org/question-pools[/url] [/QUOTE]
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