Peer-to-Peer Mesh Broadcasting Phone App

[jordanmills]

How does one get a HAM license?

It's ham, not an acronym.

http://www.arrl.org/exam_sessions/search

But you'd do better to study the question pools, then the material behind them, before you take an exam.

http://www.arrl.org/question-pools

 

[TheDan]

That's funny....but I am seriously asking.

Simple version is you study and then take the test. There's three levels of testing, but you don't have to worry about that right now... I'd recommend reaching out to your local club. You're in Austin, right? https://www.austinhams.org/

 

[jordanmills]

Simple version is you study and then take the test. There's three levels of testing, but you don't have to worry about that right now... I'd recommend reaching out to your local club. You're in Austin, right? https://www.austinhams.org/

Yep. The first level, "technician" is fairly easy and allows you to use most of the most easily accessible and lowest cost gear.

 

[Fishkiller]

It's ham, not an acronym.

http://www.arrl.org/exam_sessions/search

But you'd do better to study the question pools, then the material behind them, before you take an exam.

http://www.arrl.org/question-pools

Actually it is an acronym, for the first three amatuer radio opearators last names

 

[jordanmills]

Actually it is an acronym, for the first three amatuer radio opearators last names

I've never heard that before. Everything I've ever heard of it says that it's poking from professional british operators at people playing with toys.

 

[TxStetson]

Actually it is an acronym, for the first three amatuer radio opearators last names

I've never heard that before. Everything I've ever heard of it says that it's poking from professional british operators at people playing with toys.

This is what I found on the history of Ameteur Radio:

The term "ham" was first a pejorative term used in professional wired telegraphy during the 19th century, to mock operators with poor Morse code sending skills ("ham-fisted"). This term continued to be used after the invention of radio and the proliferation of amateur experimentation with wireless telegraphy; among land- and sea-based professional radio operators, "ham" amateurs were considered a nuisance.

The amateur radio community subsequently began to reclaim the word as a label of pride,and by the mid-20th century it had lost its pejorative meaning. Although not an acronym, it is often mistakenly written as "HAM" in capital letters.

 

[TheDan]

"HAM" was a pejorative for an amateur from the telegraph days, and maybe even before. The Hyman-Almy-Murray call sign is fictional.

 

[TheDan]

ninja'd!

 

[Malatesta]

Passing information phone-to-phone over Bluetooth instead of each phone talking to a cell phone tower.

Like torrents but with msges

 

[jordanmills]

Like torrents but with msges

Not... exactly.

 

[TBT]

If your looking for resources to study for the test that is free and has lots of favorable feedback among the hams I know: https://hamstudy.org/

A site I have personally paid to use is http://www.hamtestonline.com/, which has a slightly better interface and (to my mind) better info on the questions when your in learning mode.