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☀ Solar
SFI 121
SN 93
A 11
K 2 Quiet
X-Ray B8.3
Wind 432.7 km/s
Aurora 3
Updated 06:30 UTC HamQSL · N0NBH
Day 80/40m Fair 30/20m Good 17/15m Fair 12/10m Fair
Night 80/40m Good 30/20m Good 17/15m Fair 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. new ham here - when is it okay to just jump into a QSO already in progress?

    Robert Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 50 views
    Amanda Williams49

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

    John Williams99,
    • 1 reply
    • 77 views
    Amanda Moore

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

    Ashley Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 69 views
    David Johnson

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

    Rick Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 69 views
    Robert Thompson

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

    Sarah Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    David Davis44

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

    Contester,
    • 1 reply
    • 124 views
    Brian Wilson

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

    Contest King,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    Emily Zhang

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

    The DXer,
    • 1 reply
    • 69 views
    Maria Santos

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

    Christopher Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 86 views
    Sarah Williams

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

    Linda Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 83 views
    Nordic Ham

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

    Kevin Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 80 views
    John Anderson

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

    Kevin Jackson,
    • 1 reply
    • 92 views
    Thomas Anderson

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

    Carol Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 82 views
    Emily Rodriguez

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

    Mike74,
    • 1 reply
    • 97 views
    Antenna Guy

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

    Giovanni Rossi,
    • 1 reply
    • 83 views
    Emily Taylor

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

    Christopher Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 83 views
    James Taylor

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

    Rebecca Turner,
    • 1 reply
    • 117 views
    Jennifer Martinez

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

    Jennifer Lee,
    • 1 reply
    • 69 views
    David Brown

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

    Robert Johnson52,
    • 1 reply
    • 72 views
    Angela Turner

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

    David Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    Amanda Wilson

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

    Michael Stevens,
    • 1 reply
    • 77 views
    Robert Mitchell

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

    Mike74,
    • 1 reply
    • 88 views
    Amanda Jackson

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

    Robert Kowalski,
    • 1 reply
    • 76 views
    Emily Miller

  25. when do you actually ID and how often — been getting different answers

    Susan Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 91 views
    Jessica Wilson66

  26. confused about net check-in procedures, when do you actually talk?

    James Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 115 views
    Rebecca Turner

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