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Show COMMUNICATION BY "HAM" By Brett Bentley Ham radio allows personal per-sonal use of short wave communication across continents and oceans. It is relatively easy and a ham radio costs no more than a CB. A CB has many disadvantages disad-vantages that ham radio doesn't have such as a limit on the number of channels available, distance, dis-tance, duration of communication, com-munication, power output, age, and ability to adjust the equipment. Hams have no restrictions on age, channels, distance or time and are allowed input of 1,000 watts and are encouraged to modify their equipment. Obtaining a novice license li-cense is no problem. To get one you must pass a test to demonstrate your ability. With a little study of radio theory and practice prac-tice with transmitting the Morse code and receiving at the rate of at least five words per minute, world wide communications are within reach. |