It is amazing that many people when they talk about amateur radio still have the image of a dingy dark room full of dusty equipment, a man sitting with huge earphones on his head pounding away at the Morse code key. How wrong can one be?

Radio Amateurs are ordinary people. They may be lawyers, doctors, accountants, engineers or technicians or learners or students but they have one thing in common, a love for electronics, technology and communication.

Oakdale Amateur Radio Section website: www.zs1oak.co.za