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| FCC Licensing Scheme | |
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| There's a New Sheriff at the FCC | |
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| Technician Class | |
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| General Class | |
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| Amateur Extra Class | |
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| The Test!!!!! | |
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| You Have Your Ticket, Now The Fun Begins! | |
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| Areas of HAM Radio | |
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| Spheres of Communication | |
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| Phone (Voice Communications) | |
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| High Frequency (HF) | |
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| Low Very High Frequency (LVHF) | |
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| Very High Frequency (VHF) | |
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| Ultrahigh Frequency (UHF) | |
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| Microwave | |
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| Very Low Frequency (VLF) | |
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| Repeaters | |
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| QRP or Weak-Signal Communications | |
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| Alternate Power Stations | |
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| Radio Teletype (RTTY) | |
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| Packet Radio | |
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| Satellite Communications | |
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| Slow-Scan Television (SSTV) | |
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| Amateur Television (ATV) | |
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| Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) | |
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| Laser Communications | |
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| Amateur Radio Equipment | |
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| Receivers | |
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| Transmitters | |
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| Transceivers | |
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| Linear Amplifiers | |
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| Antennas and Associated Friends | |
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| Towers | |
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| Duplexers and Antenna Switches | |
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| Antenna Tuners | |
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| Handy Talkie (HT) | |
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| Transverters | |
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| Meters | |
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| Power Supplies | |
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| CW Keys | |
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| Electronic Keyers | |
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| Microphones | |
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| Batteries and Chargers | |
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| Terminal Control Node (TNC) | |
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| Phone Patches | |
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| Filters | |
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| Digital Signal Processing (DSP) | |
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| Preamplifiers | |
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| Test Equipment | |
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| Repeaters | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| HAM Radio Activities | |
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| QSOs | |
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| DXing | |
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| Propagation | |
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| HAM Radio Clubs | |
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| HAMfests | |
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| Swap Meets | |
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| Foxhunts | |
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| Field Day | |
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| Networks | |
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| Educational Efforts | |
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| Contesting | |
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| Balloon Launches | |
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| Recruitment | |
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| HAM Traditions, Etiquette, Conventions, Safety, Do's and Don'ts, etc., etc., etc. | |
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| First Names Only | |
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| Camaraderie | |
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| General Courtesies of HAM Radio | |
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| Appropriate Language | |
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| Operating Procedures | |
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| FCC and Amateur Radio Band Plans | |
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| Safety for RF and Gneral | |
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| Antennas | |
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| Special HAM Terminology | |
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| The Q-Codes | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Phonetic Alphabet | |
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| Some Colorful HAM Lingo | |
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| HAM Radio Photo Gallery | |
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| On-Air Operation | |
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| Some Operating Procedures and Courtesies | |
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| Listening | |
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| Give Your Call Sign | |
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| Use the Q-Codes | |
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| Amateur Radio Jargon | |
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| Band Plans | |
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| The Phonetic Alphabet | |
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| FCC Rules and Regulations | |
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| Unauthorized Operation | |
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| HAM Radio Contacts or QSOs | |
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| Calling CQ | |
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| Answering CQ Calls | |
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| Contesting | |
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| Working Pileups | |
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| Logs, Logging, and QSL Cards | |
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| Working with the Equipment | |
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| Tuning the Radio | |
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| Tuning the Antenna | |
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| Antenna Installation Tips | |
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| Propagation | |
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| Sporadic-E | |
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| Tropospheric Ducting | |
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| Ground Wave | |
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| Auroras | |
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| Meteor Showers (Meteor Sctter) | |
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| Solar Flares | |
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| Evaluating the Data | |
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| High Frequency (HF) | |
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| VHF and UHF | |
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| What Do You Say? Let's Build Some Stuff! | |
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| Handy Dandy Field Strength Meter (FSM) | |
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| A Radio Frequency (RF) Relay | |
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| Power Distribution Center | |
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| A Simple Ground Plane Antenna | |
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| The Dipole Antenna | |
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| A Cubical Quad Beam Antenna | |
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| Simple SWR Meter for 1 to 300 megahertz | |
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| Tiny 40-Meter CW Transmitter | |
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| Source List | |
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| Internet Address Book | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |