/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>74893
In the United States, there are three licenses. Technician, General, and Amateur Extra. It is a graduated system, so you start on tech, move to general, then AE.

Each license unlocks more privileges. For instance, technicians are only allowed CW on HF frequencies, except 10m where they are allowed to use digital modes/RTTY. They are also allowed to use SSB from 28.300 to 28.500. Maximum of 200w PEP though.

Once you get your General class, you can use whatever modes are legally allowed, upto 1.5 kw of output power, and on almost all frequencies from 160m to 10m...that's 1.8 mhz to 29.7 mhz.