Ham radio basics

• The South African Radio League (SARL) is the start and the gateway to getting your own callsign.
• Full radio walk through on the ICON 7300

Resources

• ICASA Frequency allocation table
• Electronic Communications Act: South African Table of Frequency Allocations
• Southern Africa Callsign numbering: https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/prefix/soaf.php
• Western Cape Repeater Working Group
• Radio log https://clublog.org/
• Frequencies

Software

Install Chirp to reprogram radio channels

sudo snap install chirp-snap --edge
sudo snap connect chirp-snap:raw-usb
sudo usermod -aG dialout USERNAME