Lesson 4- Saftey

Amateur Radio can be a fun activity, but it does involve high amounts of electricity, and radio waves. Also, if you are working on a tower, it can cause some safety issues. I'm going to talk about some safety precautions to ensure that you can have fun in this sport, but not pose a safety risk to yourselves or others.I'm going to break this down in to 3 areas, namely Physical Safety, Electronic Safety, and Radio safety.

Lesson 1- Radio Waves

Today's world is full of radio waves. Just looking at where I am sitting, I see a tablet, smart phone, printer, wireless router,  laptop, coordless phone, GPS receiver, key fob, and bluetooth adapter, all of which are radios. How do these radios work?