Mnemonics/General Class License

Morse Code

Prosigns

BT - new paragraph

AR - new page (the-end-of-mes-sage)

CT - commence (important) transmission

SK - end of contact (silencing key)

SOS - distress signal

BK - b(ac)k to you

Conversation Protocol

CQ CQ CQ DE X1AA X1AA K

X1AA DE X2BB X2BB <KN>

X2BB DE X1AA <BT> 
GA DR OM UR RST 599 HR <BT> 
QTH TIMBUKTU <BT> 
OP IS JOHN <BT>
HW? X2BB DE X1AA <KN>

X1AA DE X2BB <BT>
TNX FB RPRT DR OM JOHN UR 558 <BT>
QTH HIMALAYA <BT>
NAME IS YETI <BT>
X1AA DE X2BB K

X2BB DE X1AA <BT>
OK TNX QSO DR YETI <BT>
73 ES HPE CUAGN X2BB DE X1AA K

X1AA DE X2BB <BT> 
R TU CUAGN 73 X1AA DE X2BB <SK>

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Chapter 3

Operating Privileges

Spectrum Sequence:

Frequency	Wavelength
1.8	160
3.5	80
7	40
14	20
21	15
28	10

10 meters:

working ham satellites up in the heavens
twenty-eight-zero to twenty-nine-seven

12 meters:

if there are sunspots 12 meters is fine
twelve-to-twenty-four, 8 to 9,

15 meters:

15 in the daytime will open the door
twenty-one-zero to twenty-one-four

17 meters:

mobile DX-ing for profit and fun
seventeen, eighteen, zero-to-one,

20 meters:

for data on 20, you need to do math
fourteen and a quarter, a buck and a half

two-two-five to three-fifty
phone contests are nifty

30 meters:

ten-ten to ten-fifteen
for data on 30, be squeaky clean

40 meters:

seven-point-zero to seven-point-three
use an antenna that's tied to a tree

60 meters:

6-5-4-3,
don't go on a power spree

80 meters:

three-five to three-six, three-eight to four-oh
the ragchewer's band has quite a noise floor

160 meters:

one-point-eight to two-point-oh
the Gentleman's Band's the way to go