From: Bdale Garbee Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:52:01 +0000 (-0600) Subject: add text X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Faltusmetrum;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7830bfcbae7e14ef11a6e0012d04de69cf213943 add text --- diff --git a/Radio/index.mdwn b/Radio/index.mdwn index 1eef78b..2ddfa92 100644 --- a/Radio/index.mdwn +++ b/Radio/index.mdwn @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ telemetry links and remote controls such as what we want for our rockets! To legally operate a [TeleMetrum](../TeleMetrum) system as designed in the USA, you need at least a "Technician Class" amateur radio license. This is the entry level license, and getting one is actually -pretty easy. The exam fee is low, and the license is good for 10 years and -renewable for life. Anyone who has been through +pretty easy. The exam fee is low ($15?), and the license is good for 10 +years and renewable for life. Anyone who has been through the written test for a Level 2 high power rocketry certification will find taking a ham radio license exam a similar sort of experience. The test is multiple @@ -99,3 +99,11 @@ gauge copper wire for the driven element. The longer versions are great for roving in radio contests, and the 6-element 432 Mhz design works fine for chasing [TeleMetrum](../TeleMetrum)-equipped rockets. +### Other Uses for an Amateur Radio License ### + +The [ARRL](http://www.arrl.org/) web site is full of information about other +things that people do with amateur radio. + +How about a Doppler radar system for tracking rockets at a launch site? Yes, +someone has actually done it! See [this page translated from Russian](http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fserge77.rocketworkshop.net%2Findex.htm&sl=ru&tl=en) +for the details!