Operating Aids
This section is devoted to helping you be a better ham.
Also see our Online Resources page in the Education and Training section.
- Allocated Bands Chart - ARRL.
A full-color chart of the U.S. amateur radio bands.
- Band Plan; Detailed, Voluntary - ARRL.
A detailed breakdown of the voluntary band plan for all amateur bands.
- IARU Band Plan - Region 2.
A PDF document detailing the amateur radio band plan for ITU Region 2 - the Americas.
- Calling Frequencies in the VHF / UHF / EHF Bands.
Calling frequencies as recommended by the ARRL.
- Choosing Your First Handheld Radio
A link to the Benicia Amateur Radio Club's web site.
- Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (CTCSS).
A description of CTCSS and DCS, with tables providing the frequencies and codes.
- Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
A description of what Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is, along with a conversion table to Pacific time.
- Glossary.
A glossary of Ham Radio terms, from the ARRL.
- Great Circle Calculations.
- Greek Alphabet.
A table of the Greek alphabet characters, with some common uses of each.
- Grid Square Locator.
Find the Grid Square for any location on the Globe, by address or call sign, using a Grid Square Locator Map, as recommended by the ARRL.
- International Call Sign Allocations.
Prefix assignments by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), as provided by the ARRL.
- Latitude, Longitude, UTM
A summary description of two major geographic coordinate systems.
- Logging Your Contacts.
The ARRL's web page discussing keeping a log of your Ham activity and the various types of logs.
- LSB or USB?
Why do we use Lower Sideband (LSB) on some HF bands and Upper Sideband (USB) on others?
- Metric System.
A brief description of the International System of Units (SI), with
additional pages listing those units, prefixes and conversions.

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