Thanks a lot, Byron, I'm going to get on it.

Ted

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 ww.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