What Privileges comes with the with the entry level Technician Class License?
Technician licensees have full VHF and UHF privileges granted to higher class licensees, but no HF privileges. This means that technicians can use a small handy-talky to communicate through our repeater systems with other hams and to patch into the telephone system to make calls from remote areas. Technicians can also use their small radios to communicate via satellites with other distant hams. VHF signals are used for line of sight communications. A Technician who passes a 5-wpm Morse code exam gains the privilege of operating on some of the HF bands that use signals propagated off of the ionosphere and can communicate with fellow operators around the world.
