Customer Reviews

Marine Amateur Radio: Selection, Installation, Licensing, and Use

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Marine Amateur Radio purports to be a text on selection, installation, licensing, and use; but fails to provide more than cursory, introductory information on selection and the most important installation and antenna selection phase. The very brief section on antennas for HF (high frequency) communications could have filled 25 pages leaving the mariner with lots of choices and alternatives, but in fact was introduced and finished 4 pages later. Buy this book if you know absolutely nothing about Amateur Radio and want lots of history, licensing, and non-marine related amateur radio activities, but do not buy it for strategies and tactics to select equipment and build or buy antennas for your vessel. Buy it if you are interested in knowing about amateur radio (ham radio) and some of its uses.

Another book that is simply not worth the purchase price. There is no new information here, just a brief glance through general information about ham radio. Very little information about radio on boats and no specific information about selecting, installing, and operating a ham radio on a boat. I hoped that this would be a good book.

I found this book informative and easy to read without being overly technical. A good book for aspiring amateurs or new hams looking for a guide to amateur marine mobile communications.

This book is a great place to start if you want to get into amateur radio and take it along on your boat. Easy to read and enough to get you going with a great hobby. Item was received in just a few days - great shipping.