Radio Amateur KC2HMZ wrote:




OK...then I will:

AMATEUR FREQUENCY OPERATION RECOMMENDATIONS (ARRL Band Plans)
Reprinted from "The Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide",


Another method is to just scan a band until you find another ham calling
CQ in
a mode you want to operate in, and respond to him. Be careful in that,
on HF,
some foreign hams can operate SSB on a frequency the FCC rules say CW/data
only. Conversely, there's no point in calling CQ using CW in the middle
of a SSB
subband. It's legal, but you are not likely to find another ham to QSO
with there.
As ham radio is about 2 way radio, people need agreements, formal or
informal,
as to where to do what mode. Otherwise it starts sounding like CB...
And no,
despite no code licenses and "extra lite" licensees, ham radio doesn't
sound anything
like CB except for a few spots (14313) and even that is by informal
agreement.