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About Amateur Radio Ham radio, as it is often called, is a hobby. It is a non-commercial radio communication service whose primary aims are public service, technical training, experimenting with radio electronics, and leisure communication between private persons. Hams are noted for providing communications in times of emergency or disaster. Ham radio exists in nearly every country and on the same frequencies. This allows amateur radio operators to communicate internationally. Amateur Radio is governed by the Federal Communications Commission and by Part 97 of the Title 47 Telecommunications regulations. By international treaty, the amateur and amateur-satellite services are for qualified persons of any age who are interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest. In areas where the services are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, an amateur operator must hold an FCC or Canadian license or be a foreign-licensed amateur whose country has entered into a reciprocal licensing/operating arrangement with the United States or who holds a CEPT or IARP license. What can I do with a Ham License? There are so many things, it's a difficult question to answer, but here's some ideas:
...and this is only the beginning! You are limited only by your imagination and ingenuity. It's Easy to Get Started
Earning a ham radio license has never been easier with The
ARRL Technician Class Course for Ham Radio Licensing. This
course is available online. The course prepares students to earn
their first Amateur (or "ham") Radio license. There are
no prerequisites. This course has 35 learning units, and takes 20
to 25 hours to complete over an 8-week period. Students learn all
the information required to pass their ham radio license examination
http://www.arrl.org/cce/Tech.html There is a small examination charge (currently $14.00 after 1/2005) to be administered the examinations necessary to obtain any of the six ham radio licenses. Both the W5YI VEC and the ARRL-VEC organizations have permanent paid staff and this fee goes to help cover the cost of administering and processing the paperwork and electronically filing the application with the FCC. The VEs give examination credit (called a Certificate of Successful
Completion of Examination or CSCE) for the license class currently
held so that examinations already passed need not be repeated. Examination
credit conferred by the CSCE is valid for one year. The VEs construct
the written examinations from question pools that have been made
public. It is the responsibility of the VEC's Question Pool Committee
(QPC) to develop and revise all of the question pools. Each pool
is revised on a 4 year cycle. Helpful http://www.qrz.com/p/testing.pl
on line practice test. or http://www.eham.net/exams/
The president of GSPARC, Mr. Gary Gerber of Anthony KS, (KBØHH), well known UHF/VHF enthusiast, was recently named the winner of the illustrious 1999 Wilson Award for Technical Excellence at the Central States VHF Society Convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Wesley Rader (WBØUVN) is a well-known HF'er and belongs to both clubs. Mr. Rader has 320 countries confirmed and has 3 more targeted. KØU0, the General Manager of RSI has 192 countries confirmed on 160 M. KØUO works all bands from 160 M to 1296 MHz and has close to 700 feet of tower in his back yard. He was recently appointed by ARRL as emergency coordinator for Barber County, Kansas and VCE.
The GSPARC has had a remote base link in Alva, Oklahoma the last
five years. This site is linked back to Woodward, Ok on 147.36,
which covers all of NW Oklahoma and a good part of the Texas Panhandle;
it is also linked back to the national storm center in Norman. This
system has helped us a lot in south-central Ks. This group tracked
the storm that hit in Wichita a few years ago. The GSPARC has five repeaters, The Woodward link, and a full remote
base in Medicine Lodge. Two private owned repeaters. Right now the system is setup to link in to 145.19 most of the
time, the two sites are 100 miles apart!!! The remote is on 445.88
tx/rec 88 tone. When on the link the147.19 repeater tail must dropout
(let the repeater drop out so the hams out west can get in!). This
remote is at a great site southwest of Medicine Lodge in the Gyp
Hills at 2100’ AGL. Base stations in Dodge City to Enid, Ok
can get into this system. Mobiles from Coldwater, Pratt, Anthony,
and Alva, Ok can do the same.
RSI is a FEMA CERT team and Training center Geographic Area: South Central
Ks./NW Oklahoma also see http://rsicorp.com/foundation/
American Safety & Health Institute
and RSI
The American Safety & Health Institute is a non-profit association of professional educators providing nationally recognized health and safety training programs through more than 4,000 approved Training Centers across the United States and in several foreign countries. ASHI's training centers include: hospitals, fire departments, EMS agencies, state and federal agencies, as well as colleges and schools. With a strong history of support of local, state and federal agencies, ASHI programs are currently used for training state correctional and law enforcement officers, and employees of federal agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs Service, Federal Air Marshals and U.S. Coast Guard. RSI has been a Training Center for American Safety & Health Institute since 1999. http://www.citizencorps.gov/programs/affiliate.shtm The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program helps train people to be better prepared to respond to emergency situations in their communities. When emergencies happen, CERT members can give critical support to first responders, provide immediate assistance to victims, and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. CERT members can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community. The CERT course is taught in the community by a trained team of first responders who have completed a CERT Train-the-Trainer course conducted by their state training office for emergency management, or FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI), located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. CERT training includes disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical operations, and light search and rescue operations. Over the next two years, the CERT program aims to double the number of participants, with over 400,000 individuals completing the 20 plus hours of training. Train-the-Trainer sessions will be held in all 56 states and territories over the next year to expand the program throughout the United States. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
FEMA CERT bulletin board: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/cert/certlst.asp RSI/GSPARC/NWOSU group: http://rfcomply.com/products_services/miscellaneous_info/amateur_radio_club/
Amateur Radio Club, Mission and Goals:
RSI Educational Foundation University Based at NWOSU conjunction with the Great Salt Plains Amateur Radio Club (GSPARC) have recently combined resources. The Great Salt Plains ARC (GSPARC) is located in Barber, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt counties in Kansas and in the Oklahoma counties of Alfalfa and Woods. RSI Educational Foundation: http://rsicorp.com/foundation/
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RSI
in conjunction with the Great Salt Plains Amateur Radio Club (GSPARC)
have recently combined resources and formed a HAM Radio club station
in Kiowa, Kansas. The club's members consist of all-class licensee
HAM operators. We invite any licensed area HAM operators to participate
in club activities. The station will be activated for various contests
and other operating events. The club call sign is KCØGEV.
If you would like to schedule contacts 
The
Great Salt Plains ARC (GSPARC) is located in Barber, Comanche, Harper,
Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt counties in Kansas and in the Oklahoma counties
of Alfalfa and Woods. The GSPARC has many miles of area and about
only about 35 members it was started in 1980 when a few of us put
on the 147.300 repeater, we built a 180 foot tower 10 miles north
of the Great Salt Plains Lake near Cherokee, Oklahoma for the first
repeater site. Some of us were also member of the older group, The
Stateline ARC that was started in the 1960’s in Kiowa, Ks.
The web site for the GSPARC can be found at www.rfcomply.com/misc/gsparc.html
The
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program helps train people
to be better prepared to respond to emergency situations in their
communities. When emergencies happen, CERT members can give critical
support to first responders, provide immediate assistance to victims,
and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. CERT members
can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the
safety of the community.
The
CERT course is taught in the community by a trained team of first
responders who have completed a CERT Train-the-Trainer course conducted
by their state training office for emergency management, or FEMA's
Emergency Management Institute (EMI), located in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
CERT training includes disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression,
basic disaster medical operations, and light search and rescue operations.
Over
the next two years, the CERT program aims to double the number of
participants, with over 400,000 individuals completing the 20 plus
hours of training. Train-the-Trainer sessions will be held in all
56 states and territories over the next year to expand the program
throughout the United States.
The Salt Plains Amateur Radio Club (GSPARC) is a non-commercial
membership association of radio amateurs organized for the promotion
of interest in Amateur Radio communication and Emergency Responses,
experimentation, for the establishment of networks to provide communications
in the event of disasters or other emergencies, for the advancement
of the public welfare, for the representation of the Radio Amateur
in legislative and regulatory matters. GSPARC is the principal organization
representing the interests of the more than 50,000 people in Ks
and Ok. Because of its organized emergency communications capability,
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) can be of valuable assistance
in providing critical and essential communications during emergencies
and disasters when normal lines of communication are disrupted.
GSPARC conducts emergency communications training and certifies
proficiency in emergency communications skills.
GSPARC
members provide skilled direct services along the continuum from
disaster prevention and preparation to response, recovery and mitigation.
The GSPARC serves its members and the area by coordinating planning
efforts, storm watch, enhancing response capabilities, and, when
an incident occurs, facilitating comprehensive, coordinated volunteer
response in partnership with emergency managers. This cooperative
effort has proven to be the most effective way for a wide variety
of volunteers and organizations to work together in a crisis this
has been the case when a major storm hits the area. 
The
GSPARC supports Homeland Security efforts through memoranda of understanding
with various federal, state and local government agencies under
which its volunteer members provide Storm watch, Air patrol with
air/ground observation, radio communications and relay, aerial reconnaissance,
air-to-ground photography, radiological monitoring, and disaster
and damage assessment assets. It has members "GSPARC Emergency
Response Team" who are trained in Hazmat, CRP, and many of
FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI) programs, including
disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster
medical operations, and light search and rescue operations. 
RSI
Educational Foundation can be used to provide safety education.
The Educational Foundation's goals augment and support continuing
adult education programs as well as providing cost effective safety
training solutions to regional organizations. 
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