Build real skills, one module at a time.

Net Operations

What a net is, who runs it, and the difference between a directed net and a free net.

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Radiotelephone Procedure & Prowords

How to actually talk on the radio: the basic exchange, prowords, phonetics, and numbers.

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Emergency Signals & Precedence

MAYDAY, PAN-PAN, SECURITE, and how message precedence decides what gets handled first.

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Logging & ICS Message Forms

The documentation a radio operator lives by — ICS-205, 213, 214, 309 — and the Date-Time Group.

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The Comm Unit, RADO & AUXCOMM

The All-Hazards Communications Unit, what a RADO does, and how AUXCOMM volunteers plug in.

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EssentialEvery activation

Amateur Radio: Technician & General

The three FCC license classes, what the exams look like, and how to pass Technician and General.

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Elmer

Becoming an ARRL Volunteer Examiner — Study Guide

A screen-sized condensation of the ARRL VEC VE Manual, built to prep HamCompass Elmers for the open-book review and real VE service.

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Operating Skills

POTA Field Safety

The hazards that actually hurt portable operators — and how to set up so none of them get a chance.

~20 min · 0 of 21 checked

EssentialEvery activation

POTA Rules and Compliance

What actually counts as a valid activation — and the handful of rules beginners get wrong.

~15 min · 0 of 9 checked

Building Your POTA Kit

A real, field-proven kit in three sizes — what's in it, why each piece earns its place, and what you can leave home.

~20 min · 0 of 27 checked

StoryEvery activation

POTA With Your Family

Radio doesn't have to be the thing you leave the house to do. Here's how to bring everyone and still make your ten.

~12 min · 0 of 11 checked

Planning Your Activation

Pick the park, pick the band, pick the hour — and know before you leave whether the day is likely to work.

~15 min · 0 of 10 checked

Running the Activation

Setup order, getting spotted, calling CQ, and working a pileup without losing anybody.

~16 min · 0 of 9 checked

Logging and What Happens After

Log it right at the park, get it uploaded, and understand what POTA does with it — including why your hunters are waiting on you.

~14 min · 0 of 8 checked

SOTA — Summits On The Air

You may already be standing on a qualifying summit. Here's what SOTA asks that POTA doesn't.

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LLOTA — Lakes & Lagoons On The Air

A young program from Chile, now in 35 countries. Close to POTA in feel, and it stacks with it.

~10 min · 0 steps

Beginner to Intermediate

Learn CW (Morse Code)

The proven path to learning Morse code — from your first character to your first real QSO.

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Beginner to Intermediate

Field Day Logging with World Radio League (WRL)

Set up free, multi-operator Field Day logging on the WRL desktop app — works online or fully offline.

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Radio Programming

How to Program a Repeater into the TIDRADIO H9

Front-panel programming, start to finish, with a printable one-page reference. Photographed on a real H9.

~10 min · 12 steps

Radio Programming 1 — Which Tool Do I Need?

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Radio Programming 2 — Programming with CHIRP

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TIDRADIO H8 Gen 3 — Programming a Repeater from the Front Panel

Every menu number checked against the 3rd-generation TD-H8 manual and photographed on the radio.

~12 min · 10 steps

Radio Programming 3 — ODMaster & BTECH UV-Pro

Program budget radios from your phone with ODMaster, and master the BTECH UV-Pro's Bluetooth-only workflow.

~25 min · 15 steps

Baofeng UV-5R — Programming a Repeater from the Front Panel

Every menu number checked against the Baofeng manual and photographed on the radio. Worked example is a 70 cm repeater.

~12 min · 10 steps

Radio Programming 4 — Manual Front-Panel Programming

Program any radio by hand using only its keypad — no laptop, no app, no Bluetooth.

~20 min · 13 steps