Hello everyone,
I have been looking out for books to read for amateur radio / HAM . Any ideas from where can i get them in India ?
Tried looking at FlipKart but couldn't find anything there.

Please point me to where I can get books on this topic.
Thanks !
SA

the best one is  ARRL hand book , dont know where you can get from here, i think i have one soft copy of the arrl hand book , no idea where it is lying

ARRL one I got too. But its an old one . I think 1931 edition or something. Does that cover everything needed for HAM in India ?

then try to get ABC'S of amateur radio

Hi Sa,

Check http://chennaihams.blogspot.in/2009/02/becoming-ham.html
http://www.qsl.net/vu2kyp/study.html

you can try contacting some senior ham's in you city and they can guide as in how to get used to the terminologies,

All the best for your ASOC exams

@ SA

ABC of Amateur Radio (By MC Sharma) http://kitsnspares.com/user1/productdescription.asp?id=170

Useful Links:

http://www.qsl.net/vu2kyp/hamstudy.pdf
http://www.hamradio.in/amateur_radio/


Sanjay

Thanks everyone ! This is just wonderful.

Only tough part is the morse code. Any tips on an easy way to learning it ?

are you planning to give the general grade? try and clear the restricted grade, get the license with in 2 years and use QRP on HF and harness the VHF bands

AFAIK morse code has to be practiced using a Morse key or it would turn out to be difficult.

try Koch Method Morse training

Try learning Morse Code using "Code Practice V2.22c" by OM Raj/VU2ZAP
http://www.sdsmt.edu/student-orgs/hamclub/page/zips/cp222c.zip


Sanjay

I thought morse code had been dropped as a requirement, Internationally. I hold the callsign of VK2KCB which used to signify a limited licence here in Australia. I held the novice class with 5 words per minute, VK2NMB. Then sat for the full licence in the UK G8SSM. On returning to Australia combining the two gave me the limited call which left me only the 10 words per minute to gain to become fully licenced. Quite some time ago I was given the full call as the morse requirement was dropped altogether. As Amateur radio is governed by an International body I would have assumed morse had been dropped Internationally.

I haven't been active for some time due to being confined to bed and all my antennas were terminated in my shack downstairs. Is it possible that the morse requirement was made optional for each country? Each country deciding whether to keep it or not.

Stu.