Lesson 2: Operating Procedures
Operating procedures for HF phone, CW and digital modes follow, now that most of HF is open to you.
What you will learn
- G2A Phone operating procedures: USB/LSB conventions, breaking into a contact, transmitter setup for voice operation; answering DX stations
- G2B Operating effectively; band plans; drills and emergencies; RACES operation
- G2C CW operating procedures and procedural signals; Q signals; full break-in
- G2D Volunteer Monitor Program; HF operations
- G2E Digital mode operating procedures
1. Read
- Operating on HF: Which sideband to useHelps with G2A
- Operating on HF: Calling CQ and answeringHelps with G2A
- Operating on HF: DX etiquette and split operationHelps with G2A
- Operating on HF: Finding a clear frequencyHelps with G2B
- Emergency communications: RACESHelps with G2B
- Emergency communications: What the rules allow in an emergencyHelps with G2B
- Learning Morse code: ProsignsHelps with G2C
- Learning Morse code: Common abbreviationsHelps with G2C
- Quick reference: Q signalsHelps with G2C
- Operating on HF: Logging and QSL cardsHelps with G2D
- Digital modes: FT8 and FT4Helps with G2E
- Digital modes: PSK31 and RTTYHelps with G2E
- Digital modes: WinlinkHelps with G2E
- All 60 G2 questions with their answers and explanationsEvery group, with the rule or source behind each answer
2. Explore
- Morse code trainer
Play CQ at 20 words per minute, then with Farnsworth spacing at a slower overall speed. The characters keep their speed while the gaps between them grow.
- UTC clock
Convert your local time to UTC, the time used in logs and net schedules.
3. Practice
Practice one group at a time. A group is ready when you have answered every one of its questions and learned at least 80 percent of them; a question counts as learned when your last three answers to it were correct. To review quickly, go through this lesson’s questions as flashcards.
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