Vanity Callsigns and Ham Radio Links

Here is the single most useful ham radio web site there is. Learn all about vanity call signs, how to apply, how to avoid the "land mines" and much more.

Links to other sites. Get a free email account and/or web page at qsl.net. Learn about "electronic" QSL cards. The list goes on and on. Here is the link, just click the logo below.




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Lost Your Manual?

We all misplace our equipment operating manuals from time to time. With the internet, this is not as big a problem as it used to be.

Using a search engine like Google, you can search for the manufacturer's site where many of them post current and past manuals.

Alternatively, you can use a search engine to look for a term such as "Yeasu 5200 Manual" to find non-manufacturer sites that provide copies of current and past manuals. Most of them are out there somewhere.

Some web sites have huge repositories of equipment manuals at no charge. Seek and ye shall find.

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Keeping Information Accurate

01/08/2005

The recent mine disaster where 12 were reported to be alive and only one dead was a double tragedy. First the cave in was a disaster, and then reporting the numbers backwards (there were actually 1 alive and 12 dead), added tragedy on top of tragedy.

In ham radio emergency communications, we often are asked to receive and send information that is crucial to disaster cleanup and rescue operations. Here is one rule to live by above all others: WRITE IT DOWN! If you aren't sure of what was said, ask them to repeat it or read it back to them and request verification.

If you do not write it down, you may get confused and report incorrect information. Worse yet, what happens when your relief shows up and you leave that post? If the information is not written down, you may forget to pass it along at all!

People depend on us for accurate information, the key to that accuracy is a written record.

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