Training

Updated 2020-11-27

Tuesday 1st December 2020

We will talk about the National Traffic System and the ARRL format radiograms as well as a couple of the variants. We will cover:

  • Overview of the NTS
  • ARRL Message format
    • Preamble
      • number
      • precedence
      • handling instructions
      • station of origin
      • check
      • place of origin
      • time filed
      • date
    • Address
    • Text
    • Signature
  • Numbered Radiograms
  • Other message formats
    • precedence (vary from NTS)
    • TEAM STATUS
    • CASREP
    • MEDEVAC

Download the ARRL radiogram fillable form

Tuesday 24th November 6pm MST

One Time Pads (OTP) – numbers and brevity codes.
For this lesson you should download this sample brevity code list.
Set of training OTP’s.

Tuesday 17th November 6pm MST

Programming a Baofeng radio manually & getting on the air.
I re-make the video and it’s also at Communications / Amateur Radio / Manually Programming a Baofeng Radio.
I’ll be adding one to show where to get your local ham and GMRS frequencies.