Foundations Of Amateur Radio

Foundations of Amateur Radio Lessons Learnt Learning to me is an ongoing process. For some reason that's not a universal experience. I've met people who cram for an exam, pass their test, get the certificate and hang out their shingle. The retained knowledge is spotty and vigorously defended as the final word on the topic. It's never been like that for me. I tend to walk through life intensely curious about the how and why of a thing. Take my recent adventures operating a new to me radio with a new to me antenna in a new to me location. It went sideways, fast, with little direct evidence of the experience to show for itself. I did learn several things. I expected that having switched on the radio at home, transmitting into a dummy load and receiving was enough to prove that the radio was operating normally. The fact that I didn't hear anything and didn't know if that was because of my set-up or the radio itself was not helpful. I expected that bringing a long-wire with a multi-tap un-un would guarante