Hearing the beautiful voice of VBB coming from the speaker, Lin Hong showed a smile on his face, picked up the voice pager, and pressed the call switch: "BG1VBB, I'm BG7XZZ, your signal is 59, very clear." over。 ”

When the ham family communicates or tests equipment such as radio stations and antennas, it usually asks the other party to burst out parameters such as signal strength and speech intelligibility, which is called "signal report".

Common "signal reports" include the intelligibility of speech as well as signal strength.

The legibility of speech r is the clarity, whether the response can be heard clearly, from low to high, it is divided into five levels, level 1 is the lowest, completely unrecognizable, level 5 is the highest, it means very clear, there is no noise, if there is noise, it should be 4 or below 4.

There are nine levels of signal strength s, with level 1 being the lowest level indicating an extremely weak signal and level 9 indicating that the signal is very strong and free of any interference.

Usually, when people report, they directly use numeric abbreviations such as "11", "58", "59", etc. "11" indicates that the signal is very poor and completely unreachable. "59" is the best signal state.

"Xzz, you're finally onair, I've been waiting for you for a long time~over."

You can tell from the tone that the VBB is very happy.

Lin Hong: "I'm sorry, there was something just now, so it wasn't online...... over。 ”

Compared to other "hams", Lin Hong prefers to refer to it as "onair", and unless it is connected with ham from other "countries", Lin Hong will generally use the corresponding English to indicate it.

"It's okay, it's just that I'm a little early today...... over。 ”

Lin Hong: "You seem to be in a good mood, is there anything to be happy about...... over。 ”

"Yes, you found out~ There is great news, I have successfully obtained my own amateur radio license! Hee-hee...... Celebrate me! In the future, I won't have to use my brother's radio station and call sign~over. ”

Lin Hong was slightly stunned: "Really? On behalf of all hams, I send you a congratulatory message! Welcome to become a member of the ham family! ”

Lin Hong's heart moved, he somewhat guessed the age of the VBB, according to national regulations, the minimum age to obtain an amateur radio license is sixteen years old.

"It seems that she should be about four years older than me."

Lin Hong is 12 years old this year, and he has not yet reached the legal age to officially apply for a license, and in the past few years, he has used the license of Lao Xutou.

"My new call sign name is bg1qbb, remember oh~~"

Lin Hong: "Received, I remembered, and I will use this call sign to communicate with you in the future." Congratulations again! bg1qbb… over.”

"What about you, when are you going to apply for your own call sign? Sample, don't think that your current voice is adjusted to an uncle's level, you can disguise yourself as an adult, and your call sign is also your adult's, don't forget, it was my sister who took you to get started~~over."

Uncle-level ...... Lin Hong has a black line.

In order to be able to communicate with other hams smoothly without causing necessary trouble, Lin Hong made a small device and modulated his own audio, and the original children's voice was tuned into a thick baritone, so that when others communicate with him, they will not refuse to talk to him because of his voice.

Lin Hong thought for a moment and said, "This is the call sign that my grandfather helped me apply, I have always used it, and I don't want to change the call sign again." QBB students, I also have good news for you...... over。 ”

"Do you use this call sign all the time? It's also good...... Do you have any good news to tell me, you even sell Guanzi, hum! …… over.”

Lin Hong: "My call sign has also changed, please call me bd7xzz in the future, hereby notify...... over。 ”

"Wow! You've advanced again! Already a Level 2 Operator...... over。 ”

Lin Hong: "Yes, I have received a certificate from the Amateur Radio Association this morning, congratulations!" over。 ”

Saying this, Lin Hong also had a smile on his face. Sharing their good news with the little teacher has always been an indispensable chat between the two of them, and over time, they have gradually become a little bit of a way to show each other, and often take the initiative to ask each other for congratulations.

With Lin Hong's character, in real life, he would never talk to others like this, and only on the radio station would he tease each other like this with this little teacher.

Amateur radio amateurs are also divided into grades, the country is divided into four levels, the fourth level is the lowest, the first level is the highest, each level has different permissions, and the allowed radio power and frequency range are also different.

After Lin Hong sent the letter this time, the other party did not reply for half a day.

Just when Lin Hong was surprised, QBB's voice sounded again:

"You're such a little pervert~~ You're already a second-level operator so soon! Oh my God, in just three years, you've gone from level 4 to level 2...... I can't use any words to describe my mood at the moment, only envy... Jealousy! ”

"......" Lin Hong said speechlessly.

"XZZ classmate, now that I have my own call sign, I order you, mail me a QSL card right away... Otherwise... Otherwise I won't pay attention to you anymore... It hurts my self-esteem so much... over。 ”

The QSL card is a communication card for amateur radio enthusiasts, that is, two hams that have been connected mail to each other a card similar to the size of a star film, so as to confirm that the two parties have been connected, and can also be used as evidence that they have communicated with each other. Collecting QSL cards of hams from all over the world is one of the important interests of many hams.

Because these cards are usually designed and made by the hams themselves, the patterns on the cards can reflect the local customs or their own photos, but there are some things that must be included.

In China, for example, there are three things that must be included. The first is the emblem of the China Radio Sports Association, followed by the CQ and ITU divisions where the ham is located, both of which are used to indicate the geographical location of the ham. It is also necessary to include the English translation of "amateur radio station of the Chinese People's Republic" "amateurradiostationofp.r. China".

Only with the above three items can it be regarded as a legal QSL card recognized by the state. Of course, the card generally includes such as the ham's own call sign, name, address, other party's call sign, the date, time, frequency and method of communication between the two parties. Even more detailed, some specific parameters of their own radio stations will be attached.

In short, the number of cards collected can reflect the qualifications of a ham from the side, and the national ham level upgrade certification also needs to be based on the card, for example, the fourth level is promoted to the third level, and how many cards must be collected to successfully advance.

Lin Hong already had his own QSL card, which he personally designed and asked Master to ask a friend in the capital of Lingnan Province to go to a printing house to print it, and printed 5,000 copies for him at one time.

In the past three years, Lin Hong has already collected more than 200 cards, and at least seventy or eighty of them are foreign, and the domestic regulations stipulate that as long as there are more than 50 foreign cards, you can apply for the certification of upgrading to the second level. If it weren't for the income earned from repairing electrical appliances, Lin Hong wouldn't have had so much money to mail these cards.

However, because the QBB students did not have their own call signs before, the two of them have not exchanged QSL cards so far.

Lin Hong hesitated: "Okay, you can give me the address...... over。 ”

After he said this, a girl with a ponytail jumped up from her seat in excitement in a room in a courtyard near Nanzhonghai in the capital, and shouted happily:

“yes!”