Important things are happening at Wilson High School’s Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Club. We live in an earthquake zone where emergency response procedures should be practiced regularly and I am happy to report the Wilson AREC Club members have stepped up to the plate. The club meets every Wednesday from 3 pm to 4 pm in the room of their vigilant leader and mentor, Devon Day. The first ten minutes of the meeting made me realize that these young adults are learning a language that few people understand. Each week other amateur radio groups and individual ham operators listen for the sign-in of the Wilson AREC Team. We waited by the radio as the operators in Roseville, CA called for each member to identify themselves with their unique call letters. Roseville is over 400 miles to the north, above Sacramento but the connection was quite understandable. We also heard from the ham operators aboard the Queen Mary who came through extremely loud and clear. Watch the video for club member Kevin Keo’s clever explanation on the reason for the extra clarity. Brandon Silvi is the advanced engineer in the group who is in charge of teaching the other students how to solder. Brandon and the other students wear their blistered mistakenly soldered fingers as a badge of honor. Jimmy Draper spoke about spending time at Union Station with the Amtrack operators. These kids are getting around! Max Chang, an interesting young man who plans on attending medical school and currently …
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What is the purpose of collecting call signs? Also how could I learn more about HAM radios? I want to get my license but I don’t know where to start and after I get my license I might not know what to do with connecting to repeaters or how to use them. Do you know of a good community I could become part of or maybe a group that I could learn from?
@mondays89 The place to start is the arrl’s (Amateur Radio Relay League) website! 😀 It’s loaded with information. 😀