Ham radio operators have several different frequency bands set aside for their use.These bands range from just above the AM broadcast band through the shortwave band and into the VHF, UHF, and microwave frequencies. This depends on the class license you get. All the ham stations in Japan let you operate on the 144 to 146 MHz and 430 to 440 MHz band. 144MHz and 430 MHz is the most popular ham radio band. Depending on your local terrain, this works out to about 50 to 100km from your location. However, Hams have developed some ingenious ways to extend this range. So we move from our home to top of high mountains and hills where the radio wave is much greater than from the ground. For instance, it's not uncommon for a handy two-meter transceiver to be able to communicate over a radius of a couple of hundred kilometres or more. Besides, just like the 50MHz band, the 144MHz range opens several times especially each summer season for communications over ranges of hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away through a phenomenon that is known as Tropospheric ducting, Sporadic E, and Meteor Scatterradio-duct propagation.
	Generally ham likes to exchange QSL cards with each other after a good contact, especially when the other station is in another place or another country.It's a good chance to make many friends who are not only a domestic person but also in all over the world. That's why ham radio is like an international associasion that exceeds the barriers of nationality, race, age, sex, and class. Whenever you take to the air as a ham, you never know who you might find to talk to. It might be an old friend you've known for years. It might be a new friend you haven't met before.How great the amateur radio is! OK! Anyway, first of all, Let's enjoy your ham life with KIMAGURE feeling!!

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