Ham radio is a wonderful communications hobby and service.
And it's a terrific compliment to the communications you've started taking for granted on the internet. To get started, you might want some more basic information on Amateur Radio itself. To operate an Amateur Radio station, you need an FCC license. To get that license, you need to learn some rules and regs, some operating procedure, some safety information and some elementary electronics. Then, to show you've learned that stuff, you must pass an exam, administered locally several times a year.