HOWDY and a Texas Welcome worldwide to "Brass Pounders" (CW Operators), "AMers" (AM Operators), "SSBers" (SSB Operators), and other Ham Radio enthusiasts.  CW is fine and is good for the mind ... AM, without a gimmick, is perceived by many as Angel Music ... SSB offers more hope for the size of the envelope ... Digital sets the pace and that's A-OK for outer space.  I like to think of "HAM" as an acronym for "Honoring All Modes" of amateur radio communications regardless of the modulation type or operating preferences.  The future of amateur radio is the responsibility of the hams who support each of these modes of operation, whether it is part of our heritage or a spinoff to the future.  I hope you enjoy this cyberspace "eHamRadio" presentation of the greatest hobby ever to harness power from the electron.

Radioing.com originated in the mid 1990's as Ham Radio USA (HamRadioUSA.com, mirror - HamRadioUSA.net) and is based on the traditional amateur radio spirit and values.  It covers the 3R's of ham radio as a hobby - Radio, Radios, Radioing.  There is a virtual "Ham Radio Museum" that honors some of the favorite USA classics of amateur radio.  The virtual "Collins Radio Classics" museum displays Collins radio equipment and their specifications.  "RadioTrader" is a virtual trading post with ham radio related classified ads and swap links.  The "eHamRadio" resources section is equipped with library, operating aids, photos, links, and ham radio to suit all interests in the hobby.  "HamStart" provides a ham radio starter kit and upgrade guide with morse code lessons and many technical resources for getting started and advancing in ham radio.  "eEngineer" presents electrical engineering topics such as RF, electromagnetics, electromagnetic interference/compatibility (EMI/EMC), and a complete glossary.  For those of you who want to join the team and get lost in space, there is a virtual "SpaceTeam" providing NASA and Space related information including ham radio in space. 

The various subpages are based on unique and fun type themes.  There is a special emphasis on the appreciation, restoration, and operation of vacuum tube transmitters, receivers, and transceivers, an interesting part of ham radio's heritage.  Many of these vintage radios offer ways of getting back to the virtues of amateur radio.  They are the AM and CW radios that provide a "warm glow" from the vacuum tubes while stirring up some traditional ham radio fellowship.  Hopefully, this will help others to maintain a technical interest in the hobby that can span from the earliest to the latest technology.  My overall objective for this website is to serve ham radio since it has been such a great hobby to me throughout the many years.  The propagation of amateur radio ideas through cyberspace is a natural for hams.  Try home-brewing a ham radio website and help to advance the enjoyment of amateur radio via "eHamRadio".  Tune in to Radioing.com often because we'll leave the filaments on for you here in cyberspace. 

Radio W5AM is an active ham radio station on the air as well as in cyberspace and is still "settin' the woods on fire" in Texas, USA.  When I'm not "spaced out" with the high tech electronics and "far out" modulation schemes at the NASA job, my favorite diversion is the restoration and operation of vacuum tube radios, along with some radio home-brewing.  The restoration part seems to consume much more of my time than actual operation, although I really enjoy the fellowship and other amenities of operating the vintage modes.  Most of these project radios make it back out into circulation where they energize the ionosphere once again.  There is great pleasure in resurrecting these old American made, hand-wired masterpieces of technology from the days of real craftsmanship.  Earth and all of the ham shacks glowed with the charm of the vacuum tube radios.  Ham radio was an interface to worldwide fellowship on the ether for those of a radio and electronics pioneering spirit.  That's "Traditional Ham Radio" and it will survive as long as there are electrons and dedicated hams.

de - W5AM --- Charlie --- ex - K5UPX