Hi Julio, Ham radio can be quite simple, a walkieTalkie on a local repeater with groups of folks to chat with, or full blown huge expensive stations with big antennas towers, computers and more.
Best place to start is with the folks at HandiHams who have manuals on accessible media, courses at all levels and more http://www.handiham.org With the elimination of the morse code requirement for licenses, it takes only a bit of understanding of radio, not much, and some rules and regulations along with some basic operating skills to get started. How far you go from there is up to you. TThere is so much variety of ways of using ham radio, it can be a bit overwhelming along with all the jargon to get used too. But you can start simple and meet lots of great folks, contribute to emergency communications in your area and have a blast too. Remember the real reason for ham radio is to provide emergency communications when, not if, other methods fail in disasters etc. You just gotta be there and have some idea what you can do and how. It works! the major U.S. association for amateur radio is the American Radio Relay league http://www.arrl.org and they too have getting started stuff, although handihams is better at accessibility. 73s (best regards) tom Fowle WA6IVG
