Getting started
Your account, your license, and your first QSO from a remote station.
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Welcome to Remote Ham Radio
What RHR is, how membership and airtime fit together, and what you need to get on the air.
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System requirements
The browsers, network and hardware the console needs, and what LocalMate requires.
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Create your account
Sign up step by step, from your callsign to your first payment, and what happens next.
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Verify your license
Why RHR checks every member's license, what to upload, and what you can do while it is under review.
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Your first QSO
A guided first session, from signing in to disconnecting, with a contact in the log.
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How billing works
Membership plus per-minute airtime, with worked examples and when your card is actually charged.
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Identifying yourself on the air
The identification rules every member agrees to, including prefixes at stations outside the US and HH2AA.
Still stuck?
Tell us what you were trying to do and what happened, and we'll help.