Text by: Bas den Neijsel (PD7BDN), Marco Barbisan (IU3ELI), Marcos Clayton

Fernandes Pessoa (PU7MCV), Nicolas Chatelain (F4EGX) and Sandro Gisler.

JOTA-JOTI Ham Radio Handbook 1

Table of Contents
What is “Ham Radio”? .................................................................................... 3
What is JOTA-JOTI? ........................................................................................ 3
Amateur Radio Code of Conduct ..................................................................... 4
Be safe............................................................................................................ 5
What is Radio, and how does it work? ............................................................ 5
Operator practice & code of ethics .................................................................. 8
Basic principles of transmitters and receivers ................................................ 8
Operator Practice ......................................................................................... 14
Amateur Radio Games on JOTA-JOTI ............................................................ 18
Radio activity ideas ...................................................................................... 19
Commonly used HF frequencies for Scouting events..................................... 20
Language in Ham Radio ................................................................................ 21
Other Links / Technical information ............................................................. 22
Maidenhead Locator System (formerly QRA Map) ......................................... 27
JOTA-JOTI Dx Cluster ................................................................................... 27
QO-100 ......................................................................................................... 29
DMR .............................................................................................................. 30
Brandmeister ................................................................................................ 31
D-STAR ......................................................................................................... 32
C4FM / fusion ............................................................................................... 33
EchoLink ....................................................................................................... 33
Scheduled Radio Meetings ............................................................................ 34
SSTV ............................................................................................................. 37
Automated Packet Reporting System (APRS) ............................................... 38
Mobile Apps .................................................................................................. 39
APPENDIX A - CQ code communication Example .......................................... 40
APPENDIX B - Radio Logbook ....................................................................... 41
APPENDIX C - Antenna’s for JOTA-JOTI ........................................................ 42

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