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Comments on Amateur Radio

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Amateur Radio

Site Name

Amateur Radio

Description

This is for questions about the theory of amateur radio (also known as ham radio)

Topics

Topics covered would include:

  • Antenna construction
  • Software bugs
  • Handheld radios
  • Legal stuff
  • Transceivers

Exclusions

These topics or types of posts would be out of scope:

  • Realtime troubleshooting help
  • Stuff that does not relate to the theory of amateur radio

Special Features

Nothing needed

Overlaps

There is some overlap with Electrical Engineering. The theory of radio transmission, transmitter and receiver circuits, antenna theory, and antenna impedance matching are all on topic at EE. Amateur radio topics that aren't related to the science or engineering like license legal requirements, discussing different models of radios, and organizing a ham-fest are off topic at EE.

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License/legal requirements (2 comments)
License/legal requirements
Lundin‭ wrote 7 months ago

I disagree that license/legal requirements are off-topic at EE. These are often highly technical matters which you need an engineer to understand. Typically the frequency band allocation spec in "legal" documents will go something like: "434,04-434,79 MHz, Non-specific SDRs, 1 mW e.r.p. and -13 dBm/10 kHz power density for bandwidth modulation larger than 250 kHz. Duty cycle limit: 10%." That's a bunch of gibberish to most folks out there, including lawyers. Questions about how to interpret such would be perfectly on-topic at EE but perhaps also on this proposed site.

Olin Lathrop‭ wrote 7 months ago

I agree that the technical aspects of licenses and legal restrictions are on topic at EE.