One Way to Get Started in Ham Radio, by Reltney McFee
Simply in case anyone was wondering, this is by no means “the” way to begin. Rather, this is a sort of discussion of how I got into Amateur (“Ham”) radio. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, I was attracted to CB radio, although, being a teen, my budget to act on that attraction was, well, scant. I had a CB walkie-talkie, and would chat with a friend similarly equipped, a couple of blocks away from me. Once I moved out of my parents’ home, I started working, for Da City’s EMS, and from time to time would note that …