{"id":599,"date":"2012-10-13T10:55:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T15:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=599"},"modified":"2012-10-13T10:55:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T15:55:10","slug":"cq-cq-cq-this-is-kk4lzq-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"CQ, CQ, CQ This is KK4LZQ calling"},"content":{"rendered":"

CQ, CQ, CQ calling CQ 2 meters. This is KK4LZQ calling. Kilo Kilo Four Lima Zulu Quebec, KK4LZQ in Indian Land calling.<\/em><\/p>\n

…or words to that effect. I haven’t done it yet, but the first time I call CQ I’ll probably say something like that. I just got my amateur radio license from the FCC this past Thursday, and I’m still trying to figure out what to do with my new radio. I have a fear of sounding utterly stupid on my first contact, so I’m planning to listen for a few days before keying the mic for the first time..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CQ, CQ, CQ calling CQ 2 meters. This is KK4LZQ calling. Kilo Kilo Four Lima Zulu Quebec, KK4LZQ in Indian Land calling. …or words to that effect. I haven’t done it yet, but the first time I call CQ I’ll probably say something like that. I just got my amateur radio license from the FCC … Continue reading “CQ, CQ, CQ This is KK4LZQ calling”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,50],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radio","tag-amateur","tag-radio-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-9F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":234,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=234","url_meta":{"origin":599,"position":0},"title":"PGP …again","author":"Jorah","date":"December 20, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I have no idea how long it has been since I last wrote about my on-again off-again interest in PGP, but since I recently remembered my passwords for both PGP and my Gnu Privacy keys, I figured I'd post my public keys again, in case any of the non-existent readers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Post"","block_context":{"text":"Post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?cat=30"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":278,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=278","url_meta":{"origin":599,"position":1},"title":"How about that. 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