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Amateur Bands

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What is amateur radio?

Licenses and Certificates

How to get started in amateur radio

The C.E.R.T.S club monitors the frequencies 28.360 MHz  and 146.790 MHz.  We utilize the 2 meter repeater VE3 BMR which has an antenna located on the top of Blue Mountain located near the town of Collingwood. 

A HAM OPERATORS CREDO

I will learn to listen--and listen to learn
I will always rank listening as paramount in all I do in amateur radio
I will always abide by the "TLS" rule: Think, listen, speak.
I will  develop and depend on my natural listening abilities
I will listen in order to learn correct procedure and protocol.
I will always remember the bands are never dead for the expert listener.

I WILL MASTER PROTOCOL AND PROCEDURE

Mastering on-the-air protocol will take precedent over equipment operation.
Prosigns, Q signals, phonetics and abbreviations will be my second language.
I will learn the basics of traffics handling, net operations, emergencies.

I WILL RESPECT MOTHER NATURE'S ROLE

I will study the pivotal roles the ionosphere and propagation play in radio.
I will learn how weather, the time of day, location, time of year
effects radio signals.
I will learn the meanings of bandwidth, ground effect , aurora,
scatter, ducting, skip, muf, solar flux, e-layers.

I WILL APPRECIATE MY ABILITY TO COMPROMISE

I hold that compromise and resourcefulness are ham traditions.
I will remember that "making-do" can often be the easiest route to  operating.
I will always remember that being on the air is the true spirit of hamming.

I WILL SHARE WHAT I LEARN

I will commit to self-study of amateur radio-from technology to protocol.
I will openly share knowledge I gain with anyone who is interested.

THESE THINGS I HOLD TO BE TRUE FOR ALL AMATEURS
NOW AND IN THE FUTURE

A grateful operator
J.D.HARPER k6ksr