{"id":28,"date":"2017-10-12T12:25:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T01:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vk3scm.com\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2017-10-13T23:40:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T12:40:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>from wikipedia:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Amateur radio<\/b>\u00a0(also called\u00a0<b>ham radio<\/b>) describes the use of\u00a0<a title=\"Radio frequency\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_frequency\">radio frequency<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Radio spectrum\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_spectrum\">spectrum<\/a>\u00a0for purposes of\u00a0<a title=\"Non-commercial\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-commercial\">non-commercial<\/a>\u00a0exchange of messages,\u00a0<a title=\"Wireless\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wireless\">wireless<\/a>\u00a0experimentation, self-training, private recreation,\u00a0<a title=\"Radiosport\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radiosport\">radiosport<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Contesting\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contesting\">contesting<\/a>, and emergency communication. The term &#8220;amateur&#8221; is used to specify &#8220;a duly authorised person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;&#8221;<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amateur_radio#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0(either direct monetary or other similar reward) and to differentiate it from\u00a0<a title=\"Commercial broadcasting\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commercial_broadcasting\">commercial broadcasting<\/a>, public safety (such as police and fire), or professional\u00a0<a title=\"Two-way radio\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Two-way_radio\">two-way radio<\/a>\u00a0services (such as maritime, aviation, taxis, etc.).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information on Amateur Radio in Australia, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wia.org.au\/discover\/introduction\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wireless Institute of Australia<\/a> (WIA) website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from wikipedia: Amateur radio\u00a0(also called\u00a0ham radio) describes the use of\u00a0radio frequency\u00a0spectrum\u00a0for purposes of\u00a0non-commercial\u00a0exchange of messages,\u00a0wireless\u00a0experimentation, self-training, private recreation,\u00a0radiosport,\u00a0contesting, and emergency communication. The term &#8220;amateur&#8221; is used to specify &#8220;a duly authorised person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;&#8221;[1]\u00a0(either direct monetary or other similar reward) and to differentiate it &#8230; <a title=\"About\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/about\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vk3scm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}