Are there any colleges where they have any radio broadcasting classes?

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

Spirit Level, why do they call amateur radio HAM? I've always wondered that.

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I was raising my hand in the corner, but i couldnt wait... i just shouted it out..LOL


What is Amateur Radio?
Amateur radio is a community of people that use radio transmitters and receivers to communicate with other Amateur radio operators. The things that amateur radio operators do with their radios are diverse as the people themselves.
Amateur radio operators are often called ham radio operators or simply "hams." (The origin of this nickname is for all practical purposes lost. Although some people still speculate about, few agree and even few care. Amateur radio operators proudly call themselves hams and nobody knows why.) There are about 600 thousand hams in the United States and about 5 thousand hams in the Finger Lakes region.

Ham radio operators are licensed by the United States Government and enjoy a far more priviledges of radio operation than "CB" radio operators do. With these priviledges come responisbilities and rules for the operation of an amateur radio station. Specifically, there are a few things that hams are not allowed to do:

1) Hams are not allowed to do anything with their radios that makes them money in way. Bummer. Ham radio is a hobby, but that doesn't mean it's completely frivoulous. (Read on!)

2) Ham radio operator cannot `broadcast' to the public. This means that ham radio transmissions are meant to be received by other ham radio operatators. While a short-wave radios or scanners will allow you to listen to the ham radio bands, what you will hear is hams talking to other hams and not music or other radio programs of `general' interest.

Within these (and other) guidelines, however, hams are empowered to do just about everything that goverment and private radio stations are allowed to do.


Things you can to do with amateur radio
Talk around the world - With HF radios hams can talk to other hams in literally any part of the globe.
Talk around town - With small portable VHF and UHF transceivers hams enjoy extremely reliable communications within their local community.
QRP - Communicating with "very low power" is a challange that many hams enjoy. QRP is usually practiced on the HF bands.
Packet radio - The internet over ham radio? Not really ... but ham radio operators enjoy a digital network of their own, all without wires!
Internation morse code - Forget it ... You can get a license without knowing one beep or boop of morse code. If you want to, though, it's still allowed.
Amateur television - It's just like real television because it is real television.
Slow Scan TV - Send pictures around the world for little or no cost.
Contests - You can put your radio operating skills up against other hams and teams of hams.
Order pizzas - It used to be a long standing joke around ham radio operators about what you can not do over ham radio ... Now it's perfectly legal! You can call you favorite pizzaria on your ham radio and order take-out dinner on the way home from work. Hopefully you'll use your radio less for calling your doctor, the police, emergeny road-side assistance, 911 and other telephone-linked services.
Emergency and other volunteer services - Floods, huricanes, mudslides, earthquakes, ice storms ... when ever `normal' communcations go out, hams are ready to use their radios to provide emergency communication services to their communites.
Satelite communications - Hams have their own satelites ... really! (Amateur's satelites are easy to use too.
Traffic handling - "Ham telegrams" are used to send messages to people around the world at no cost to the sender or the recipient; all done by ham radio operators volunteering their time and resorces.

How to become an amateur radio operator
All hams in the United States are licensed by the FCC. Getting a "D" on a mutliple-choice test and paying about six dollars is all it takes. The FCC doesn't even give the test ... Hams volunteer to give the test to people that want to become hams. These volunteer examiners then file the paperwork with the FCC and your ham radio license is set to you in the mail.

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Oreo, go to a college as a communications major. Then, you'll be doing internships at NBC.

edit: Lol, cute avatar, SpiritLevel.

Birdgirl73 i hope bong30 has hit the nail on the head for you... :)

bong30 you gotta be an enthusiast...? such a detailed general explanation deserves applause, my course tutors couldn't have done a better job and they are century old veterans. I'm an M3(xxx) licencee, but I haven't been able to afford the station equipment I really want so I'm waiting for a windfall.. R u an operator Bong30?

BinT err u fink skulls in hoodies cute?? errr the word initiation springs to mind

Interesting! Thanks for the info, Bong!

I had two college professors at UT who were very into being ham radio operators. One of them still is. They often volunteered their services during emergencies and such. The one who's still alive (I've been outta college a long time) volunteered and did a lot of emergency assistance work during the Hurricane Katrina Gulf coast flooding last year.

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

Oreo, after seeing your picture on that other thread, I think you ought not to rule out TV broadcasting. You have good looks that could take you very far in that industry if it interests you.

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lol i would but i have to get better at speaking in person and everything...it would be cool but i dunno

if i did radio i dont know if i have the personality to be a Disc Jockey, but i dont mind running the station or running the music board


thanks tho, all the input i recieved is great thank you guys sooo much

Find anything Oreo?