====== What is Amateur Radio ====== ===== RSGB Quote ===== //Amateur radio is a popular technical hobby and volunteer public service that uses designated radio frequencies for the non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, and emergency communications.// [[https://rsgb.org/main/get-started-in-amateur-radio/|RSGB Get Started in Amateur Radio]] ===== Wikipedia Quote ===== //Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communications. The term "amateur" is used to specify "a duly authorised person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;"// [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio|Wikipedia Amateur Radio]]