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Who should announce the call sign when an unlicensed operator is transmitting?
If an unlicensed operator is operating phone on an amateur frequency under the direct supervision of a licensed operator for, say, longer than ten minutes, should the unlicensed operator say the call ...
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Resort FM radio station
I stayed at a resort in the U.S. recently that is located in an unpopulated area with virtually no radio reception. To fill the gap, the resort has its own FM station that can be heard only within ...
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How often are we required to send our callsign?
Amateurs on the radio and online tell us we MUST ID at the start of our transmissions.
A couple of hams on 75m sometimes take me to task for not saying my callsign right away.
'The FCC says so'.
Is ...
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Using ham radio bands for telemetry
If I built a machine that went far away, say a buoy, would I be allowed to use ham radio frequencies to transmit telemetry data back to its base station, if I used my call sign? This is for personal ...
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What should I do if my call is being used by someone else?
I've been contacted by others who want to verify a DX with me, but I was not operating at that time! It appears that someone made several contacts using my callsign for a short window of time one day....
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