Foundations Of Amateur Radio

Foundations of Amateur Radio From time to time our hobby changes. While the idea that we're all a bunch of old men playing with spark gap transmitters, or using strange noises to the annoyance of others, the reality of amateur radio is markedly different from that stereotype. The changes we experience come from many different sources. As amateurs we're always trying something new, inventing things and building stuff. That type of change is integral to the hobby and in many ways it's why our community exists in the first place. Other changes are external. A new product arrives into the marketplace and we gleefully take possession of a new gadget. That in turn creates other changes which are incorporated into our day to day life as amateurs. A more structured change happens when the regulator makes a proposal, instigates a new rule, enforces an old rule or does something else that affects us. In the time I've been an amateur, I've seen changes happen that originate from the regulator that both benefit and