After six years and more than 7,000 hours spent in cooperation with 500 fine hams, Stan (SM7WT) proud to be able to say, the project, “Encyclopedia of Ham Radio” is now ready to be presented!

Next week, Stan begin to send the final version with its 2.686 pages to the Internet. He would appreciate for support : $8 US (via PayPal to sm7wtstan@gmail.com or by Post) to cover his costs for advertising and other costs related to the great project.

The Project : “Encyclopedia of Ham Radio”

The chapters contain:

  • Chapter 1 Rescue Operations
  • Chapter 2 Hams Helping Hams (DXpeditions and more)
  • Chapter 3 Getting Youngsters Interested in Amateur Radio
  • Chapter 4 The history of Amateur Radio since 1912
  • Chapter 5 Friends Gone, but not forgotten (SK)
  • Chapter 6 Contest Operation
  • Chapter 7 500 Personal Presentations on 1,819 pages

You will find several unique stories only told here!

True stories like these:

  • The ham who built and flies his own gyrocopter with his only arm.
  • Why did King Hussein become a ham?
  • What happened when the Army tried to take over the command from the hams?
  • Why did a ham get married at the age of 95?
  • A ham who managed the fighter pilot test in the simulator – at the age of 88!
  • Why did hams behind the Iron Curtain lose their licenses?
  • The ham who had to transmit on 7.9 MHz to stop the soldiers from entering the mine field.

For any questions contact to author by E-mail:  sm7wtstan@gmail.com