Tag: Technician Class
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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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Just got your Technician license and looking for your first radio? You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars to get on the air. In fact, some of the most popular beginner radios cost less than a tank of gas, and they’re more than capable of hitting local repeaters and making your first contacts. This…
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Thinking about getting your amateur radio license and wondering how difficult it is? Getting your HAM radio license might sound complicated, but it’s actually much easier than most people expect. You don’t need a technical background, and you don’t need to memorize a bunch of complex theory. If you were never skilled at math, don’t…
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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…