Technician License Course Chapter 4 Communicating with other hams

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Technician License CourseChapter 4Communicating
with other hams

• Making Contact

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The Typical Telephone Conversation

• Greeting
• Identify who is participating
• Exchange information, generally taking turns
• Salutations
• End the conversation

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The Typical Ham Contact (QSO)

• Greeting
• Identify who is participating
• Exchange information, generally taking turns
• Salutations
• End the conversation

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CW Contact

• CQ CQ CQ DE WA0TGH WA0TGH WA0TGH K
• WA0TGH DE K8OCL KN
• RRR K8OCL DE WA0TGH UR RST 599, QTH Plano TX,
  Name Wayne BK
• RRR FB Wayne UR RST Also 599, QTH Richardson TX,
  Name John BK
• Further exchanges take place with station ID
  every 10 minutes
• FB John, I need to QRT, the XYL is calling, 73 DE
  WA0TGH SK
• R CUL ES 73 DE K8OCL SK

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Phone Contact

• CQ CQ CQ from WA0TGH whiskey alpha zero tango
  golf hotel WA0TGH standing by
• WA0TGH this is K8OCL kilo eight Oscar Charlie
  Lima back to you
• roger K8OCL your sigs are 59, QTH is Plano Texas
  and the handle is Wayne go
• Fine business Wayne UR sigs are also 59, my QTH
  is Richardson Texas and the Name here is John
  over
• Further exchanges take place with station ID
  every 10 minutes
• John, I need to QRT, the XYL is calling, 73s from
  WA0TGH clear on your final
• Roger and see you later, 73s from K8OCL clear

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Radio Manners

• Speak clearly and distinctly
• Giant party line-topics accordingly
• Shared use of frequencies

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Radio Manners

• Signal Reports
• Power level
• Location

• RST
• Readability (1-5)
• Strength (1-9)
• Tone (CW only 1-9)
• Your RST is 58

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Radio Manners

• Ham radio is self-regulated
• ARRL Official Observers
• Logging
• QSLs
• Awards Program

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Band Plans

• A band plan is a way of organizing the use of
  radio frequencies
• BAND PLANS ARE - Informal gentleman's agreement
• Formal and legal plan
• FCC Allocates Amateur Frequencies
• FCC Expects Compliance to the Band Plans
• FCC Will get involved if there is interference

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Operating Dos and Donts

• Use of CQ versus monitoring
• Always listen first!!!!!
• Use of phonetics
• Taking turns and breaking-in
• Break-in bus saying your callsign
• Station identification
• Every 10 minutes and at the end of the QSO
• Using repeaters
• Big party line (breakfast club) on the way to and
  from work
• Nets
• Using simplex
• Road trips
• Local Special events

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Repeater/Digital/Internet

• Echolink
• Use internet to communicate with radios
• IRLP
• Radio to Internet Internet to radio
• WinLink
• Email Servers, Interface to various digital modes
  to send/receive e-mail to remote regions
• D-Star
• Digital Voice

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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

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Next Time

• Emergency Communication
• Read 4-20 through 4-28