March 2018
Beginner
432 pages
11h 23m
English
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Chapter 10
Public Service Operating
IN THIS CHAPTER
Joining a public service team
Practicing for operation under stress
Providing communication as a public service
Participating in nets
Sending email via ham radio
As your experience with ham radio grows, you’ll find more and more practical uses for your communications skills. Your ham radio skills can also benefit others, which is where the service part of amateur radio service comes in. These services are important to you for two reasons: You can use them yourself and you can provide them to others. In this chapter, you find out what those services are and how to get started with the groups that provide them.
You may have obtained your ham radio license to provide personal communications for emergencies or disasters. You’re part of a long tradition in ham radio — welcome! However, ham radio is not like a flashlight that can be dropped ...