Category: Radios
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Introduction You are monitoring a local repeater and hear another ham announce their callsign, followed by “listening.” You key up your new HT (handheld transceiver) and repeat the other operator’s call, followed by your own callsign and a greeting. After releasing the PTT (push-to-talk) button, you listen carefully for a reply but hear nothing. What…
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You’re about to take the test and earn your Technician Class License, or maybe you just passed it and are waiting for your new callsign to appear in the database. Congratulations! Now you are eager to get on the air and make that first contact (after you get your callsign, of course), but you don’t…