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Operating — edited Aug 30, 2026 by Unknown editor
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Operating is the part of amateur radio that no exam can teach you. The conventions below are not
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laws — most of them are voluntary agreements that keep incompatible signals out of each other's
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way and make crowded bands usable.
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Start with [band plans](/wiki/operating/band-plans) to know where to go — including the
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contest-free [WARC bands](/wiki/operating/warc-bands) — then pick an activity:
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local [repeaters](/wiki/operating/repeaters) and [nets](/wiki/operating/nets),
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worldwide [HF](/wiki/operating/hf-operating), weak-signal
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[digital modes](/wiki/operating/digital-modes), or portable operating in
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[parks and on summits](/wiki/operating/parks-and-summits).
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Whatever you choose, [software](/wiki/operating/software) does most of the work these days — the
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platform pages there cover Windows, macOS, Linux and BSD, Android and iOS.