Who are Radio Amateurs?
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Radio Amateurs - Ordinary people with more than ordinary interests
They are at first sight, just ordinary people, including some of your neighbours or work colleagues, and people in more than 100 countries. They are radio amateurs - also known as ham operators, or amateur radio operators. They are people who are interested in communicating, experimenting and learning about modern communication technology.
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There are more than 3 million amateurs around the world, with some 20 000 licenced amateur operators in Australia.
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The widening range of interests followed by Radio Amateurs
It has always been a feature of Amateur Radio that people from all walks of life have followed the hobby. Amateur radio amateurs range from newspaper boys to Kings, with royalty being among the ranks of ham operators. The history of Amateur Radio in Australia commenced a century ago.
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Amateur radio is a knowledge-based hobby and amateur operators must demonstrate levels of Knowledge to be allowed to operate their radio stations.
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Today’s Radio Amateur
Today Amateur Radio is enjoyed by people from all walks of life, the young and not so young, and the able and disabled, who meet on the airwaves for a chat or engage in other interesting activities especially experimentation in its many forms.
Today’s amateur can draw on a vast storehouse of knowledge and a very wide range of equipment. The range of means of communications and the frequencies available are very great indeed.
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A detailed description of the technologies involved in amateur radio and the ways in which they are included on some of the menu items in this section of our website.
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