This
web site is dedicated to
the Ottawa County,
Michigan,
Radio
Rangers 4H club
located in Robinson
Township in the city of
Grand Haven.
Our focus is ongoing
training and mentoring of
club members in the field
of general electronics and
the skills to work safely
with harmless low voltage
projects as well as
training in Amateur Radio
and the many exciting
facets of communication
available today.
Members can design and build
their own antennas, radios
and various electronic
projects of interest, under
the guidance and supervision
of a licensed senior
electrical engineer.
Amateur radio is a clean
safe hobby teaching young
people good communication
skills with proper language
on the air and respect for
others always.
Amateur Radio
communication and
licensing is our primary
focus and everyone gets a
chance at the microphone
every meeting. Members are
encouraged to explore the
many facets of radio
communication available to
licensed Amateurs.
Some examples include:
Satellite
Communication,
We have basically 26
Satellites licensed Ham's
can communicate through as
well as The International
Space Station Moon
Bounce,
We can bounce radio
signals off from the moon
back to earth and talk to
other ham's on the other
side of the earth where
direct radio communication
is difficult even with
skip. Meteor
Scatter,
Similar to moon bounce
except using the
ionization of the
atmosphere from our
frequent meteor storms to
echo radio waves Slow
Scan Television
(SSTV ), Fast scan TV,
WEFAX (weather fax
pictures) Packet
Radio,
Computer communication
similar to the internet
only with Ham radio
operators only. HF
with USB, LSB
(upper or lower single
sideband voice),
CW
(Morse code),
RTTY
(computer keyboard chat),
PSk31
(similar to RTTY only faster
and more noise immune), HF
(high frequency) is great
for Long range (
International )
communications as well as
satellite. VHF,
UHF &
SHF FM
voice and CW, usually mobile
radios, hand held or
vehicle mounted, also
remote control and
satellite.
Microwave,
all
modes and all license
classes allowed on:
24.0-24.25 GHz, 47.0-47.2
GHz, 75.5-81.0 GHz,
119.98-120.02 GHz
142.0-149.0 GHz, 241.0-250.0
GHz, and above 300 GHz.
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