Teaching a license class or welcoming new members? CQDeck picks up where the class leaves off: the wait for a call sign, the first nervous contact and the first month on the air. It's free, it has no ads and it never sells data.
A handout for your class
One page, black and white, with blank lines for your club's meeting time and repeater. Print it from here; only the handout prints.
Free help for new hams
Your next steps on the air
Before the examcqdeck.com/learn/get-your-licenseEvery step to your license, from studying to your call sign.
Stuck on a topic?cqdeck.com/examShort videos for the hardest exam topics, with every question written out.
Waiting on the FCCcqdeck.com/callsign-watchAn email the day your call sign is issued.
Your first monthcqdeck.com/startA step-by-step plan: first repeater, first net, first park contact.
Your first callcqdeck.com/learn/first-contactWhat to say, word for word. Then rehearse it at cqdeck.com/practice.
Setting up your radiocqdeck.com/radiosPlain guides and one-page keypad cheat sheets for the UV-5R and UV-K5.
Every daycqdeck.com/dashboardBands, satellites and parks you can work with your license.
Our club
We meet
Our repeater
Our weekly net
CQDeck is free, has no ads and never sells your data. cqdeck.com
A note to forward
For your class email list, a club newsletter or a post on your club's site.
A free site worth bookmarking: CQDeck (cqdeck.com). It has a step-by-step guide to getting your license, an email alert for the day your call sign is issued, a 30-day plan for getting on the air, word-for-word scripts for your first contact, and Key Up, where you can rehearse your first contact with a practice station before you transmit for real. It’s free, it has no ads, and it never sells your data.
Using it in class
The tuning dial shows where each license class can transmit, band by band. It's a quick way to explain the band plan on a projector.
Key Up lets students rehearse a repeater call, a net check-in or a park contact. It works without an account, and nothing is transmitted.
Starter guides cover repeater etiquette, nets, simplex, emergency communication and upgrading to General, each with sources.
Ham radio for kids is a guide for parents, with short CQ Kids episodes for children.
Tell us what your students need
If something confuses your students, or a guide gets a rule wrong, write to hello@cqdeck.com. Volunteer examiners who'd like to check our rules content can ask for the review checklist.