Youth@HamRadio.Fun: The First Contact — Explaining the Excitement of Your First QSO

By Sterling Coffey, N0SSC
ARRL Youth Editor
n0ssc@arrl.net

Experienced hams knew it all too well. Volunteer Examiners expect it. And for some reason, newly licensed hams fear it. What could it be? As the title suggests, completing your first contact is a daunting — yet exciting — event for many. Why is that? What can we do to get over that lump-in-the-throat feeling known as “mic fright?”

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