Amateur Radio for the Antisocial: It’s not all about the ragchew Paperback – August 9, 2020

This book was by far the best non-technical introduction I have seen to a world of activities in Ham Radio. It was concise, a little humorous, and explain a lot of concepts without over complicating them, and also provided many links to learn more. I expect that I'll be reading several more of Mr. Hall's books.

I got my HAM license a couple of years ago but really haven't done anything with it yet. This book outlines many other options I'd never heard of.

I read this because a friend who is considering getting into the hobby was reading it, and I was curious about the contents. I found it to be a quick and fun reminder of some of the options available that I'd forgotten about or neglected to consider. This is definitely a good read for anyone new to, or considering additional opportunities within, this hobby.

Liked the author's writing style; informative, engaging, and definately not boring. I skipped over the sections I am not interested in, but surprisingly, did little skipping. Well done!

I don't know if this book talks about digital modes like ft-8 but in case it does please keep in mind those are not considered "real radio" by 'traditionalists'.- happy ham.

I enjoyed his book very much and will use it again for reference. It also contains lots of great links to expand on the hobby.

A great deal of insight, trails, and hints. The Ham hobby is aive and well and for everybody, even lost souls.

I was motivated to buy the book based on the title and and the review rating. I'm quite interested in Amateur Radio, but not too keen on doing a lot of transmitting, so the title grabbed me. I was disappointed with the book and feel cheated. This book is basically an outline of things you can do in the Amateur Radio hobby, but lacking substance. Each topic is listed with just a brief description of it and occasional hyperlinks to webpages associated with the topic. I gave it two stars because minimally I gained some information of what I can do in the hobby... but to actually follow-through and do some of these things I'll need to look elsewhere. The book was a good idea, but should have been more completely developed. I wasted my money on this book.

The approach in this book is ideal for one who knows little about ham radio but is willing to learn.

For a starter introduction this is an excellent publication

Gives a good outline of some of the varied things that can be done under the umbrella of amateur radio. Read in an evening.

It lacks details, sadly, but some interesting pointers.

......for what could have been written as a list of pursuits on a single sheet of A5.Ought to have been called "Amateur Radio For People With Money To Burn".