Building a simple Base Station

According to my profile that I have been very interesting with HAM since I was teen. But in that time I have not much money to bought a new HAM Sack. I didn't inherit anything equipment from my family. I was born from a family who not interested with this Hobby. They just have understood that this Hobby for lazy person only. All of day in front of the Radio without doing any thing !!.

This comment didn't decrease my spirit to be an Amateur Radio Organization. I want to showed them that a Ham didn't only ragchewing commonly.

After my money box has enough. I bought a my first Hamsack Alinco DR-135 VHF FM Tranceiver with $150 without Power supply and antenna. Four month latter I had boughtt Bell power supply 30 ampere local production with $50 paid, antenna Telex Gazden local production with $10 paid. How's about coaxial cable system ? I 'm lucky guy…. a good friend gave me 20m cable RG-8 coaxial Belden America and then I could build my simple base station.

The Amateur Code

The Radio Amateur is :

LOYAL…offers loyalty, encouragement and support to other amateurs, local clubs, and the American Radio Relay League, through which Amateur Radio in the United States is represented nationally and internationally.

PROGRESSIVE…with knowledge abreast of science, a well-built and efficient station and operation above reproach.

FRIENDLY…slow and patient operating when requested; friendly advice and counsel to the beginner; kindly assistance, cooperation and consideration for the interests of others. These are the hallmarks of the amateur spirit.

BALANCED…radio is an avocation, never interfering with duties owed to family, job, school or community.

PATRIOTIC…station and skill always ready for service to country and community.

-The original Amateur's Code was written by Paul M. Segal, W9EEA, in 1928. @@@

Activities in Amateur Radio

There are some HAM activities to increase their skill and get more challenge for great hobbies:

• ARC, Amatir Radio Club
• ARES, Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Supporting Communication when disaster happened
• Contest, Competition to collecting many score with many communication on limited time
• DX, Communication with long distance to other ocean.
• DX-pedition, expedition / journey to the out of the way place, build temporary station and operate from there.
• Field Day, Working in the square with minimize equipment
• Fox Hunting, Competition to hide and seek transmitter.
• Net, check-in with periodic time and sharing information about their weather and emergency or medical traffic.
• QRP, Working with small power, about 1- 5 Watt.
• QSL Card, Changed identified Card after communicated.
• Special Event Station, Operate station with Special Event like anniversary.
• CW Communication with tone code (morse).

• Technique :

• Antenna
• Homebrew
• Microwave
• Radio Progation
• Amateur Satelit
• EME
• Modulation

• Digital Communication:

• Radio Teletype (RTTY)
• Packet Radio
• High speed connection 2.4GHz & 5.8GHz.
• PSK31
• SSTV
• APRS

Among of many activities list above, at the moment I'm deeply like CW, Digital Communication such as Packet Radio and APRS.

What's Amateur (Ham) Radio?

Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a hobby and a service that uses various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public service, recreation and self-training. A participant is called an amateur radio operator, or a ham.

Amateur radio operators enjoy personal wireless communications with each other and are able to support their communities with emergency and disaster communications if necessary, while increasing their personal knowledge of electronics and radio theory. An estimated six million people throughout the world are regularly involved with amateur radio.

The term "amateur" is not a reflection on the skills of the participants, which are often quite advanced; rather, "amateur" indicates that amateur radio communications are not allowed to be made for commercial or money-making purposes. In Our country Amateur Radio more popular named with ORARI

Table

VHF - 2 METER BAND

FREKUENSI (Mhz)	KETERANGAN
144.00 - 148.00	CW
144.00 - 144.10	E.M.E
144.10 - 144.20	DATA
144.20 - 144.28	EXPERIMENT
144.28 - 144.38	SSB PHONE
144.40 - 144.48	FM SIMPLEX
145.00	CALL EMERGENCY
145.02 - 145.78	ORGANIZATION
145.80 - 146.00	SATELLITE
146.02 - 146.28	REPEATER INPUT
146.30 - 146.60	FM SIMPLEX
146.62 - 146.88	REPEATER OUTPUT

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