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Ham Radio For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Ham Radio For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by H. Ward Silver
March 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
432 pages
11h 23m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 10

Public Service Operating

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Joining a public service team

check Practicing for operation under stress

check Providing communication as a public service

check Participating in nets

check 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.

warning 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 ...

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