| Action or Activity |
Comment |
| 2M SSB or CW |
Working the "weak signal" bands can be fun! |
| 6M - what a great band! |
Operate the "magic" band on SSB or FM |
| 10M - This band can really jump |
Join 10-10 international and KEEP THE BAND OPEN! |
| 75 Meter Roundtables |
Sometime called the groan and moan nets! |
| 160M – Get on the band |
The Gentleman's Band – May need a different antenna |
| AM - Operate this "old time" mode |
Join the AM net each Wednesday |
| AMSAT - Join and work the universe |
Operate one of the amateur satelites like AO-51 |
| APRS - find yourself |
And let others know where you are! |
| ARES - Help your NF ARES group |
Find your local ARES group and start having fun with them. Pass the IS courses. |
| ARES nets |
Check into NF ARES nets and surrounding counties |
| ARRL |
Join! Support your hobby with lobbying in Washington. Who else is? |
| Air Mobile |
Work from an airborne station |
| Antenna Party |
Friends don't let friends build and install HF antennas by themselves! |
| Antennas - Build'em and use'em |
Wire antennas, Yagis, quads, hex beams, - then argue about'em |
| Astronomy - Radio version |
Looking for signals in all the wrong places |
| Audio - make it better |
Heil, Berringer, audio filters, all things audio |
| Badge - tell everyone your callsign |
Order your club badge today on the NFARL website/MART |
| Balloonatics |
Hams who put expensive transmitters in balloons and watch them fly away! |
| Bicycle Mobile |
Talk while riding - look ma - no hands; look ma - no teeth! |
| Boatanchors |
Collect and operate old radios. Restore old radios. Cheap fun? |
| Books - read one - write one |
Hundreds of books - new - old - used - collecting |
| CW - Learn it! |
You only know half the fun of ham radio w/o CW |
| CW - get your speed to 20 wpm |
Get your speed up using RUFZ – see the CW SIG page |
| Christian Amateur Radio Fellowship (CARF) |
Join your friends on the air |
| Civil Air Patrol |
Do the radio work for CAP |
| Class – teach a Ham Cram |
Teach a ham class and help others enjoy the fun |
| Club meetings |
Don't even get on the air, just attend club meetings - FUN!! |
| Club - .Join/renew! NFARL |
A more genearl term - join a ham club! OR join 2 or 3 clubs. More clubs, more fun! |
| Computer Control |
Computer control one or more rigs in your shack - Ham Radio Deluxe |
| Contesting |
Make a lot of contacts and work on your operating skills at the same time. |
| County Hunting |
Work 500, 1000 ... and all 3077 of them. |
| Crystal Radio - build one |
Show how simple a radio can be |
| DSTAR |
Get on the digital bandwagon! It's everywhere, it's everywhere! Use a dongle from your computer |
| DX - Work other countries |
DX The Ultimate Contact Sport – There are 337 country entities so this should keep you busy! |
| DXpedition |
Pack it up and hit the road to that small island! |
| Dayton Hamvention |
Attend this once in your lifetime, bet you can't "eat just one"! |
| Digital modes |
Work one or many of the various FREE digital modes available for download such as FLDIGI! |
| Echolink - computer and ham radio |
Work repeaters/other hams via your computer |
| Power Poles |
Convert all rigs to PowerPole connectors |
| EmComm - ANTENNA |
You never know when you'll need to go PORTABLE so build a portable antenna. J-pole is a good one. |
| EmComm - ARRLcourses |
Consider the EC001 and possibly EC002 & EC003 courses. They're fun and you learn a bunch. |
| Field Day |
Operate this fun event with your friends. Join the award winning NFARL FD team. |
| Fox Hunting |
Tie amateur radio into physical exercise |
| Friends |
Meet interesting people and make new friends |
| Grounding |
Build an uber ground, find a water pipe, install a ground rod, lay some radials |
| Hamfest |
Attend a hamfest - sell that old junk, buy more! Work at the NFARL table for at least one hour! |
| Handi- HAMS |
Help a challenged person get their license |
| IOTA |
Islands on the AIR - every group of islands has an ID - work'em all! |
| Keys - Collect them |
What a great way to enjoy ham radio - telegraph keys |
| Kit - Build some |
At least an $8 crystal oscillator or an SW-40 transceiver |
| Linear Amps |
Build'em, tune'em, don't get shocked |
| Linux - another computer world |
Download a Linux system for a computer and start playing with all the FREE software out there. |
| Logging Software |
Get some. I like N3FJP. N1MM is FREE. Using this rekindled my fire for Ham Radio. |
| MARS |
Military Affilate Radio - join up, serve your armed forces |
| Magazines - subscribe, |
Read, collect, give'em away - copy to CDs |
| Marine Mobile |
Work from a Marine station, boating, waterways nets |
| Meteor Scatter |
World's shortest and longest QSOs at the same time |
| Mobile - radio in motion |
Set up a mobile station - VHF or HF |
| Moonbounce |
OK, maybe a bit ambitious |
| Motorcycle Mobile |
Shoot the bull while ridin' the HOG! See Bicycle Mobile. |
| Nets |
Check in before you check out!! |
| Ocilloscope - Learn to use |
Oscilloscopes are a blast. Watch that green trace go! |
| PSK-31 - Digital mode for all! |
An easy digital mode |
| Pedestrian mobile |
Got an HT? Have a QSO walking around. |
| Public service |
Work a public service event (I believe every ham should work at least one each year!) |
| QRP - Try it! |
Start trying QRP by turning down power to 5 w (10w SSB) |
| QSL cards |
Collect'em, get some printed, mail out some. |
| RACES |
... as in Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service |
| RTTY |
An ancient form of digital communications |
| Radio Control Planes |
Fly away to your heart's content |
| Ragchew |
Be much more active on the NFARL repeater; regularly check into nets. Join RagChewers Club |
| Remote Control your station |
Operate your station over the internet |
| Repair Radio Equipment |
Help out other hams, fix their radios and yours too |
| Repeaters |
Build'em, use'em, fix'em, control'em |
| SHF - Work your neighbor |
Work a contact on CW, SSB, digital above 440 MHz |
| SSTV |
Operate Slow Scan TV. Several nets meet daily. |
| Satellite-Antennas |
Build a couple of antennas and put radio gear together so you can work the ham satellites. |
| Scanning |
OK, it's only half radio but hams do it so it must be fun! |
| Schools - do a demo |
Go to your kid's school and tell'em all about this stuff |
| Scouting (and ham radio) |
Go hand in hand - Jamboree on the AIR! |
| Shack Simplification |
See if you can get every rig in your shack down to one microphone and one PTT switch |
| Shack setup |
Set up a shack (might need some help with an antenna raising party!) |
| Short Wave Radio |
Listen to SW Radio from your favorite country. Follow New Years around the globe for 24 hours? |
| Simulated Emergency Test |
The old S.E.T. - readiness - be prepared … See ARES |
| Skywarn |
Watch the weather = tell the National Weather Service |
| Software - Ham Radio |
There are thousands of programs out there and they are fun to play with. |
| Software - program a chip |
Write software to control a micro chip |
| Software Defined Receiver |
Build or set up a software defined receiver or transceiver |
| Space Station |
Talk to the ISS - chat up an astronaut |
| Tech FEST - attend |
Not a hamfest, a TECH FEST! |
| Television - FSTV |
Fast Scan TV - on 440 mhz - set up your station and show off! |
| Test Equipment |
Make a list and buy or make yours |
| Traffic NETS |
Try handling messages via SSB (75M) or CW(80M) |
| Upgrade your license -General Ticket |
Or upgrade from whatever class you are, even to EXTRA class. |
| VUCC - Award |
Get this award for working 100 grid squares on 6M and above |
| Vanity Callsign - get one |
Are you a general or extra class? Well, maybe you should look into a 1x3 or 2x2 callsign, |
| Volunteer Examiner (VE) - become one |
Help grow the hobby by qualifying more hams! |
| Website - amateur radio |
Set up your own URL and tell everyone what you do |
| Workbench - Set yours up |
A place to do all that "fiddling around" |
| Worked All States - W.A.S. |
Obtain this and a thousand other awards |
| Write - articles about ham radio |
Submit to magazines, become famous |
| YLs - Young Ladies (YLRL) |
Promote YL activity, recruit YLs, encourage YLs. |
| Youth - be one - help one |
Help your neighbor become a ham. Loan him/her a radio |
