What use is an F-call?

If you're new to Amateur Radio, that is, you don't yet have a license, then some of what we talk about on the News each week very likely sounds like gobble-de-gook. Of course, the more you listen, the more you'll hear and likely the more you'll be able to join the dots.

Amateur Radio is a regulated hobby, that is, there are rules and regulations, processes, procedures and conventions to observe. If this is all new to you, that might sound pretty strange and onerous, but you need to consider that Amateur Radio is a hobby that can affect people all over the planet. If you transmit on a frequency that interferes with some other service, then depending on conditions, you might knock an essential service off the air somewhere else.

A regulated hobby also sounds pretty restrictive if you're new to all this, but the more you learn and participate, the more you realise that because there are strict conditions, there is great freedom within those conditions. It means that activities that you undertake here, can be shared across the planet.

So, while it's regulated and controlled, Amateur Radio is a hobby that has infinite reach and impact.

Amateur Radio, get licensed today and get connected - you'll be in great company.

I'm Onno, VK6FLAB