CMARA New Ham Info 2

Here are a few places that have reasonable prices

http://www.mfjenterprises.com A Mississippi Company

http://www.ameritron.com/ Located in Starkville

http://www.memphisamateur.com/ Closest to Jackson

http://www.randl.com R and L amateur Heil equipment

http://www.aesham.com/ Amateur Electronic Supply

http://www.hamradio.com/ Ham Radio Outlet

http://www.texastowers.com/ Good prices on software and Rohn

http://www.cheapham.com/ Just like the name says

Here are a few web sites geared towards Amateur Radio

http://www.cmsara.org Central MS Amateur Radio Assoc.

http://www.arrl.org American Radio Relay League

http://www.qrz.com Great website for all kinds of info

http://www.qth.com Good classified site

http://www.fcc.gov/ Federal Communications Commission

http://www.fema.gov/ Federal Emergency Management Agency

http://www.eham.net/ Great site for equipment reviews

http://www.rigpix.com Pictures of old and new radios

HAM Radio Signal Reporting System

R-S-T

Characteristics Readability

R Strength

S Tone

T (cw)

1 Unreadable Faint signals, barely perceptible Sixty cycle a.c or less, very rough and broad

2 Barely readable, occasional words distinguishable Very weak signals Very rough a.c., very harsh and broad

3 Readable with considerable difficulty Weak signals Rough a.c. tone, rectified but not filtered

4 Readable with practically no difficulty Fair signals Rough note, some trace of filtering

5 Perfectly readable Fairly good signals Filtered rectified a.c. but strongly ripple-modulated

6 N/A Good signals Filtered tone, definite trace of ripple modulation

7 N/A Moderately strong signals Near pure tone, trace of ripple modulation

8 N/A Strong signals Near perfect tone, slight trace of modulation

9 N/A Extremely strong signals Perfect tone, no trace of ripple or modulation of any kind

This is how HAMS report signal strength, quality, and tone.

The Central Mississippi Amateur Radio Association meets at 7:00 PM on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Rankin County EOC Building, 601 Marquette RD. Brandon, MS. VE TEsting follows each meeting.......Remember the Rankin County ARES net each Thursday at 8:30 PM......

A-Alpha	B-Bravo	C-Charlie	D-Delta	E-Echo	F-Foxtrot
G-Golf	H-Hotel	I-India	J-Juliet	K-Kilo	L-Lima
M-Mike	N-November	O-Oscar	P-Papa	Q-Quebec	R-Romeo
S-Sierra	T-Tango	U-Uniform	V-Victor	W-Whiskey	X-Xray
Y-Yankee	Z-Zulu