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Amateur radio is a licensed radio service that lets ordinary people build, operate and experiment
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with two-way radio. This section is the shortest path from "I have never touched a radio" to
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"I am on the air".
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Work through the pages in order, or jump to whatever you are stuck on. Nothing here assumes any
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electronics background, and nothing here costs money to read.
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**Related topics:** [licensing](/wiki/licensing) for the exam itself, [the station](/wiki/station) for
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your first radio, and [whatishamradio.com](https://whatishamradio.com/) for the plain-English version
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with pictures and no jargon at all.