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Questions related to the licensing of amateur radio operators and stations. Please also tag your question with the relevant location.
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K4KQB was my call sign 70 years ago. Is it still valid?
So, you need to look up your call sign in their register; that can be done here; click on "Amateur" on that website, then enter your callsign under "License Detail".
Doing that yields "no record". … If you don't renew your ham license, at some point you lose your callsign; that must be what has happened here. …
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Getting Started In Ham Radio
If you can't wait to play with a radio before you have your license, spend 10 to 30 $ on a "RTL dongle", that is a receiver only, which you plug into your computer's USB port, and then run some software … Other amateur radio enthusiast use their license to experiment with radio communications more than for communication itself – for example, there's people that are using the undersides of airplanes as they …
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Is ham the only non-criminal/civil broadcasting a person can do that doesn't own a shortwave...
the only legal way to broadcast on shortwave radio?
We need to talk about alternatives!
If you're looking into shortwave because he wants to cover a large geographical area, then simple things …
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Is ham the only non-criminal/civil broadcasting a person can do that doesn't own a shortwave...
Well, for broadcasting you'll need a license.
This is for hobby interests.
The amateur radio license is meant for exactly that: Hobby communications. … It's logical that any part of the spectrum would be instantly "full" if regulatory bodies like the FCC allowed broadcasting without a license. …