Well, hi there and welcome to the

wireless excitement of Ham Radio on the

air. This is Gordon West

WB6NOA with a fun one-hour preview of

all the radio sounds that await you when

you pass your entry-level Ham Radio

license, Technician Class FCC element 2.

Imagine talking to an astronaut on the

space station or beaming color TV

signals of a disaster to your county EOC

or working a tiny handheld radio that

talks around the world via internet

linking.

Moon bounce, repeaters, sky wave skip,

all of this awaits you as an entry-level

licensed FCC amateur radio operator. So

let's get started and tune in on all of

this excitement of Technician Class

frequencies. Welcome aboard

No more morris code examinations for any

grade of amateur radio license. That's

right, no code test. But learning the

alphabet of dits and does puts the new

technician class ham operator on four

high-frequency fun CW bands. You get 75

meters, a great band for nighttime CW

context. You get 40 meters, day and

night skywave excitement using CW Morse

code. And you get 15 meters, a daytime

band that can via CW skip all around the

world. And 10 meters where not only CW

do you gain as a brand new ham, but the

brand new ham on 10 meters may also

enjoy voice single sideband and data to

work the world and all over the country

when the 10 meter band is open. 10

meters is hot.

And she's coming in on 10 meters loud

and clear. So the 10 meter van is a

great one to practice your voice

operation using a high frequency

transceiver as a brand-new licensed ham.

And what do you say we check in with a

ham on 10 meters and see what all the

excitement is out there in ham radio.

In 7 VDX so Mark go ahead. Yeah, good

morning, Gordo. This is Mark in 7VDX

in Golden Valley. My favorite thing

about Ham Radio has been being able to

communicate around the world, learn

things about technical aspects of

electronics, and to be able to provide

emergency communication for people and

help people back to you Gordo in 7VDX in

Golden Valley. A Roger Mark in 7VDX,

thanks for that explanation of all the

excitement here on 10 meters And how do

we know that the band is open for

long-range communications on 10 using

single sideband or CW? Well, we tune

down here between 28, 200 and 28, 300

and see if we hear any beacons. Oh,

yeah. Oh, yeah. There's going to be

plenty of activity. These propagation

beacons are on the air 24 hours a day

and that's what's going to tell us

what's happening on 10 meters. And it

sounds like the beacon is coming in from

Texas. Let's go up to the voice portion

of the band and maybe tune into a Texas

station and maybe somebody on the east

coast on 10 meters, that as a brand new

technician class operator, you'll have

privileges. CQ off schools, CQ off

schools, CQ off schools. This

is W5, Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, W5,

Romeo, Romeo, Romeo. The Johnson

State Center Amateur Radio Club calling

CQ off schools Over. W5, R, R, R.

This is WV6NOA. You're loud and clear

on 10. CQ off schools, CQ off schools,

CQ off schools. This is K4AF

at the Pentagon. K4AF, the Pentagon

Amateur Radio Club. K4AF at the

Pentagon calling

a CQ off schools. Over. Wow, we've

got a lot of folks checking to our CQ

all schools. school's net that we run

many times during the summer months when

the 10-meter band is wide open from

Southern California to Texas, as well

as the East Coast. And no matter where

you are, you'll be able to literally

work the country on 10 during daylight

hours when the propagation is best, as

well as sometimes even work all the way

over to Europe, as well on 10 meters.

Here's a ham in the US. working

Lithuania on ten a few years ago

years ago

Not a strong signal here to the Pacific

coast, but Lithuania on 10 meters? Wow!

Now, we're just coming up on Solar

Cycle 24, so I don't think we'll have

band openings to Europe much this year

or next year, but in another few more

years, 10 meters will be extremely hot

to Europe. Every summer, though, 10

meters is wide open to other hams in the

United States with your brand new

technician class privileges.

Here's some short skip on 10 meters

Remember

how clear it is?

During the summer months, almost every

day, it's short skip on Tim. Really

enjoying it, I enjoyed the X contest,

and also informal meds like this. Just

giving it a

great time with it, back to that E-6R-R.

Wow, what a signal, and you'll be able

to do the same thing with a worldwide

radio and a relatively small antenna

with your new privileges as a brand new

ham on 10 meters single sideband voice.

And before we leave you on high

frequency, let's not forget the

importance of CW or Morris code. As you

can hear in the background, this is a

code broadcast from W1AW, the American

Radio Relay League, coming in loud and

clear, and they offer code practice

every single day, and there are many

hams brand new to ham radio learning the

code right on the air. Have fun with CW

on 75 meters, 40 meters, 15 meters,

and 10 meters, and know that learning

the code can be fun. We have code

training materials. I've done myself,

and I hope you'll join me in also

learning the code, although there's no

code test. CW is a great way to work

the world on

your entry level technician class

privileges on 75 meters, 40 meters. 15

meters and right here on 10 meters.