How many of you even know what this is?
I'm federally licensed, whoot! Anyway. The gist of Ham Radio is we're a community of people across the globe that loves to talk to other people across the globe, and help out when we can. During disasters, like floods, tornados, even 911, we step in and offer emergency communication services. And to top it off, I can legally own a police scanner, and most of you cant.
My call sign is KC8WYA, for any interested. And uhmm.. Yea. Thats one of my hobbies.
Here's a few good links on ham radio that might help you more:
http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html http://www.rac.ca/regulatory/begin.htm
This last one is the website for the club I'm a part of. I was the public service officer for awhile.
http://www.w8pgw.org/