In a message dated 1/25/99 3:13:01 PM Mountain Standard Time, afcths@amfellow.org writes:
Thanks again, Byron, I am most interested. I assume that the two books you mentioned will enable me to get started or provide citations of additional information I will need.Ted -- I got looking at the message (of mine) that you quoted, and I now realize that I've not been very clear about one point -- the necessary licensing for the MODE that you might choose to use.
If you're interested in the Technician class of license (no Morse Code required), then you'd want to look at satellite operation. For THAT, you should examine "Now You're Talking" and "The Satellite Experimenter's Handbook".
If you're interested in HF PACTOR operation, then the General Class license would be appropriate. I'd then recommend, "Now You're Talking", the "General Class License Manual" and "Your HF DIgital Companion".
In other words, because of the present licensing structure (soon to be changed, but do NOT wait, go for the gold right now) you need one license to do one type of operation and another for other types. I know it's confusing, but bear with me on this...
In any event, I also recommend "The ARRL Operating Manual". In fact,
if you're uncertain of which subset of all the excitement you want to dig
into first, then get the operating manual to help sort things out. It's
REALLY a great book. All of these books are published by the American Radio
Relay
League and are available from www.arrl.org
No, I don't work for the publisher. I USED to, until they fired me and
dumped me unceremoniously on the streets, to join the VERY long list of
firees from that organization. Doug can provide you with more info if anybody's
interested. Anway, I still greatly admire their publications and recommend
them highly.
Best regards,
Byron Hurder, KY1T
Getting frantic for a consulting assignment in Texas...