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☀ Solar
SFI 128
SN 73
A 6
K 1 Quiet
X-Ray C1.1
Wind 403.4 km/s
Aurora 2
Updated 22:00 UTC HamQSL · N0NBH
Day 80/40m Fair 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Fair
Night 80/40m Good 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Poor

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Operating Etiquette & On-Air Language

Learn good ham radio etiquette, courteous operating, signal reports, calling methods, and clean on-air habits.

  1. when do you actually call CQ vs just jump into a net? still figuring this out

    Lisa Patel,
    • 1 reply
    • 5 views
    James Williams

  2. first time checking into a net and i completely froze up lol

    Rebecca Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 3 views
    James Patterson

  3. new ham here - when is it okay to just jump into a QSO already in progress?

    Robert Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 1 view
    Amanda Williams49

  4. when do you actually ID on a net? kinda confused about the rules

    John Williams99,
    • 1 reply
    • 10 views
    Amanda Moore

  5. New to nets — what am I supposed to do when the NCS calls my callsign?

    Ashley Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 8 views
    David Johnson

  7. asked a dumb question on a net last night and felt terrible about it

    Rick Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 13 views
    Robert Thompson

  8. jumped into my first net last night and felt totally lost

    Sarah Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    David Davis44

  9. first time checking into a net and i kinda froze up — is that normal?

    Contester,
    • 1 reply
    • 15 views
    Brian Wilson

  10. when do you actually check in to a net vs just listen in?

    Contest King,
    • 1 reply
    • 15 views
    Emily Zhang

  11. first time checking into a net and had no idea what i was doing lol

    The DXer,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    Maria Santos

  13. felt bad about something i did on 40m last night, need some advice

    Christopher Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 14 views
    Sarah Williams

  14. when do you actually check in to a net vs just listen?

    Linda Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 12 views
    Nordic Ham

  15. new to nets and honestly confused about when to talk

    Kevin Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 14 views
    John Anderson

  16. new ham here — when do you actually talk on a repeater net?

    Kevin Jackson,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Thomas Anderson

  17. when do you actually call CQ vs just joining a frequency, confused about this

    Carol Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    Emily Rodriguez

  19. when do you actually ID on a net? getting confused by different opinions

    Mike74,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Antenna Guy

  20. when to jump in on a net vs just listen — still figuring this out

    Giovanni Rossi,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Emily Taylor

  21. first time checking into a net and i had no idea what i was doing lol

    Christopher Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views
    James Taylor

  22. when do you actually ID on a net vs just checking in? confused about the rules

    Rebecca Turner,
    • 1 reply
    • 19 views
    Jennifer Martinez

  23. kind of embarrassed to ask this but what do you actually say when joining a net

    Jennifer Lee,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    David Brown

  25. embarrassed myself on a local net last night, could use some advice

    Robert Johnson52,
    • 1 reply
    • 28 views
    Angela Turner

  26. kinda embarrassed about what happened on the 2m net last night

    David Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 22 views
    Amanda Wilson

  27. when do you actually break into a net? still confused after a year

    Michael Stevens,
    • 1 reply
    • 28 views
    Robert Mitchell

  28. when do you actually ID on a net vs just checking in, confused about this

    Mike74,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Amanda Jackson

  29. when do you actually check in to a net vs just listening?

    Robert Kowalski,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views
    Emily Miller

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