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Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 7068
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 12:28 pm: | 
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This Topic has been moved here from the Open Area of the Copper Forum.
Lon
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Deer_hunter
Junior Member
Username: Deer_hunter
Post Number: 13
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 11:52 am: |
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I have read you need some sort of license to own/operate a 10 meter radio. What is it called? If this is true, where and how do you obtain one? What does a person need to know? I am thinking of ordering a 10 meter radio from Copper unless there is lot of technical knowledge needed.
Thanks.
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Tech808
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Username: Tech808
Post Number: 6984
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 12:06 pm: |
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Deer_hunter,
Yes that is Correct.
To Operate on the 10 Meter Band you need to be a General Class Operator or above.
You can take the QRZ Practice test for the Technician and General Class Written exams at:
QRZ's Practice Amateur Radio Exams
Then as the rules stand now you will also need to pass the 5 word per minute Code Test.
(This Rule is in the process of being eliminated.)
THen when you are ready to take your Written Tests and or Code Test you can go to the Linbk below to find a testing site near you.
ARRL Amateur Licensing Class Search Page
Hope this helps,
Lon
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 3106
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 1:51 pm: |
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Deer hunter
That's a good qusetion .......
Many do not understand all radios are licensed even CB sets how ever in the case of CB, MURS and FRS it's the radio not the user while in HAM radio the user is licensed too.
Like Lon stated for HAM radio which includes 10 meters there is a exam and that exam is going to change soon.
Now many CB'ers USE converted 10 meter ( EXPORT ) radios on CB .... not a problem .... but if you do this remember just because it covers 28.000 - 29.700 you dont have a right to use it there.
Radio is a great hobby one you will enjoy for a lifetime. |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 7035
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 1:35 pm: |
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Deer_hunter,
I received this additional information from a friend of mine and hope it helps,
However per the Frequency Chart on the ARRL Web page there is a Sub Band allocated for Novices and Techs who have passed the 5 wpm code requirements. This sub-band is from 28.100 to 28.500 with and within this small band SSB Phone may be used from 28.300 to 28.500 mhz.
A couple of restrictions. Novices and Technicians with the code certificate must restrict their power to 200 watts and in the phone section they are restricted to SSB Phone (as compared to Generals or higher where the wording says just phone).
I confirmed the Novice/Technician privledge in the FCC Rules. Per the FCC Rules for the Amateur Radio Service, "For a station having a control operator who has been granted an operator license of Novice Class or Technician Class and who has received credit in proficiency in telegraphy in accordance with the interntional requirements...." The section goes on to list the various bands autorized for their use. Under the 10 meter band the following autorized frqequencies are, "28.10-28.5"
So it appears that the key requirement to the use of the 10 meter band is the passing of the 5 wpm code requirement.
Thank you for the information Ray!
Now you know why I will never say I know everything about anything as I am always learning.
Lon
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Yankee
Advanced Member
Username: Yankee
Post Number: 885
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 5:16 pm: |
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You can no longer get a technician plus license. The next license after technician is at present time, general with 5 words a minute Morse code.
Also a novice license is no longer availible. Yes, a present day technician class operator can still test the five words a minute morse code test and as soon as the code test is passed a technician class license holder with a certificate of passing Morse code may operate the novice sub-band of ten meters, to include the CW and phone portion. 28.100.0-28.300.0 MHz. being the CW portion and 28.300.0-28.500.0 MHz. the phone portion. Although a new upgraded license is not issued until a control operator has passed the general written exam, as well as having passed the technician class exam and has obtained the certificate of passing the 5 words a minute Morse code exam. Although with a little luck the Morse code requirement will be history within the next six to eight months.
Carl
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Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 1465
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 11:02 pm: |
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did you READ what you WROTE, yankee? ah, yes OUR federal government at its BEST |
Yankee
Advanced Member
Username: Yankee
Post Number: 887
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 12, 2005 - 6:54 am: |
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Pat: Yes, I always proof read before I post something and fix any spelling errors or put in words I've left out.
Why, was there something missing in my post? That post didn't come from any book or website. It comes from what I know of the FCC rules and regulations for amateur radio licensing and ten meter band operating allocations.
Carl
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Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 1475
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 4:26 pm: |
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NO NO NO, nothing wrong with what YOU wrote! but it is a perfect example of why the ARRL sought to have a NEW entry level class, to eliminate all the 'variations' of the currently available classes, etc etc etc.
kinda like the FEDERAL tax laws! |
