Ahhh, hhrcraft and I are looking for real people to talk to. If space beings are your bag, then you'd need to go here:

www.seti.org

And check it out, there web page does not even tell you that it is the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Odd, yes?

 

Ham radio is anything you want to make of it. You can sit down with a big radio and talk to someone on the other side of the world, talk to the ISS with a little handheld radio, bounce a microwave signal off the moon, or make a Wi-Fi hop using a LOT more power than what is legal for consumer devices once you're licensed. Fun hobby.

Matter of fact, I'm going to go check out the AMSAT site and see when I'm going to get a flyover today. I have an Arrow handheld 2/440 beam I'd like to use successfully at least once.