Things You Are Allowed / Not Allowed To Do With Amateur Radio

Things You Can Do With Amateur Radio

Amateur radio operators are often called "ham radio operators" or "hams". Activities that amateur radio operator's can do with their radios are diverse. The following list stated examples of their activities.

1. Communicate around the world. With HF (High Frequency) radio, hams can talk to each other at any part of the globe.
2. Converse around town. With small portable VHF (Very High Frequency) and UHF (Ultra High Frequency) transceivers, hams can enjoy wireless communications within their local community.
3. Help in emergencies and natural disasters situations by providing immediate communications whenever normal communications service is failed or unavailable.
   
4. Build theirs own radios, transmitter, receiver and antennas.
5. Communicate through orbiting satellites. Ham can used amateur satellitesoperated by the amateur community without any cost.
6. Communicate with astronaut while orbiting the earth.
7. Experimental with Amateur TV (ATV), Slow-Scan TV (SSTV), or send still-frame pictures by facsimile.
8. Participate in transmitter hunt games or maybe build your own directional finding equipment.
9. Participate in the activity of communication required for search and rescue activities.

Things Are Not Allowed To Do With Amateur Radio

Specifically, there are few things that amateur radio operators are not allowed to do:

1. Amateur radio operators are not allowed to do anything with their radios that generate financial income. 
2. Amateur radio operators are prohibited from broadcasting to the public. The amateur radio transmission is meant to be received by other amateur radio operators / stations only.