- Upgrade your license from Technician Class to General Class
- Study the General Class question pool
- Find and take the General Class license test
- Bring $15 cash (or a check), your ID and a copy of your Technician Class license to the testing location on test day
- You need at least 26 correct out of 35 questions to pass
- Get an HF radio and antenna
- Do something fun with your General Class license:
General Class license (for folks wanting HF and POTA addiction!)
- HF (High Frequency 1-30Mhz) world-wide range
- Usually much bigger antennas
- Parks on the Air (POTA)
- The hottest new craze/addiction to come to radio in our lifetime!
- Most of the POTA action is on HF (7Mhz/14Mhz)!
- HF Contests and of course: ARRL Field Day
- FT8 digital mode (and other digital modes) world-wide
- SSB (Single Side Band) voice (phone) calling CQ and DX
- Special Event Stations and collecting QSL Cards
- Summits on the Air (SOTA) and Islands on the Air (IOTA)