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Technician License Course Chapter 4 Communicating with other hams

Technician License Course Chapter 4 Communicating with other hams. Making Contact. The Typical Telephone Conversation. Greeting Identify who is participating Exchange information, generally taking turns Salutations End the conversation. The Typical Ham Contact (QSO). Greeting

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Technician License Course Chapter 4 Communicating with other hams

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  1. Technician License CourseChapter 4Communicating with other hams Making Contact

  2. The Typical Telephone Conversation • Greeting • Identify who is participating • Exchange information, generally taking turns • Salutations • End the conversation

  3. The Typical Ham Contact (QSO) • Greeting • Identify who is participating • Exchange information, generally taking turns • Salutations • End the conversation

  4. Radio Manners • Speak clearly and distinctly • Giant party line-topics accordingly • Shared use of frequencies

  5. Signal Reports Power level Location RST Readability (1-5) Strength (1-9) Tone (CW only 1-9) “Your RST is 58” Radio Manners

  6. Radio Manners • Ham radio is self-regulated • ARRL Official Observers • Logging • QSL’s • Awards Program

  7. Band Plans • A band plan is a way of organizing the use of radio frequencies • Formal and legal plan • Informal – gentleman's agreement

  8. Operating Dos and Don’ts • Use of CQ versus “monitoring” • Use of phonetics • Taking turns and breaking-in • Station identification • Using repeaters • Using simplex

  9. Repeater/Digital/Internet • Echolink • IRLP • WinLink • D-Star

  10. Review Questions • T3B07, T3C05 through 10, T6C10 and 11, T7A09 • T3B01, 02, and 03 • T3A01 through 04, 08, and 10, T5C01, 04, 09 through 14, T5d12, T6B01 through 11, T6C08 and 09

  11. Next Time • Emergency Communication • Read 4-20 through 4-28

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