Amateur radio beginner articles

Start here

1. First contacts (start here) PDF ebook version 2. An HF primer - Pt 1 An HF primer - Pt 2 PDF ebook version (both parts) 3. Your first HF transceiver PDF ebook version 4. A VHF/UHF primer PDF ebook version 5. Voice repeater basics PDF ebook version 6. Hear amateurs on your shortwave radio PDF ebook version 7. The versatile end-fed wire PDF ebook version 8. Build a hanging dipole for 2 metres PDF ebook version

Operating

1. HF portable the simple way PDF ebook version 2. HF QRP pedestrian mobile 3. Transmitting on 160 metres 4. Ten metres for the newcomer PDF ebook version 5. Making the most of Sunspot Cycle 24 6. Radio contesting 7. Amateur radio direction finding 8. Ham Babble - making sense of what's said on the bands PDF ebook version

Technical

1. Homebrewing for the novice 2. A guide to radio test equipment PDF ebook version 3. Amateur radio's 'hidden curriculum' 4. Radio hints and tips 5. Exploring rechargeable batteries External resources 1. Amateur Radio: A 21st century hobby (video) 2. Foundations of Amateur Radio (podcast) 3. Radio & Electronics School 4. Wireless Institute of Australia 5. Australian Communications Management Authority