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 Love Springs Baptist Church

 562 Sunny Slope Dr

Cowpens, SC 29330

• Exam Session
  01/17/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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• Exam Session
  02/14/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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• Exam Session
  03/14/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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• Exam Session
  04/11/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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• Exam Session
  05/09/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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Exam Session
06/13/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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• Exam Session
  07/18/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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• Exam Session
  08/15/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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• Exam Session
  09/12/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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• Exam Session
  10/10/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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• Exam Session
  11/14/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
  Learn More

• Exam Session
  12/12/2026 | Cowpens SC 29330-8844

• Sponsor: Cherokee County SC Guardians
  Location: Love Springs Baptist Church
  Time: 10:00 AM (No Walk-ins / Register or Call ahead)
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Q Signals

Q signals are intended for CW (Morse code) use only, but some have crept into voice use.

QSL-I understood what you just said

QSL?-Do you understand what I just said?

QSY-Change frequency

QRM-Operator-caused interference (intentional or not)

QRT-Stop transmitting, or, I am stopping

QSO-A contact or conversation between two operators

QST-Announcement

QTH-Location. Sometimes used to mean location of one's residence.

QRP-Reduce your power, or, at very low power

Other common ham radio terms

73-best regards (to you, another radio operator)

CW-Morse code (from "continuous wave")

rig-a transmitter, receiver, or both (transceiver)

to work-to complete a logable contact with (e.g., "Today I worked a station in Gilroy on two meters simplex"

traffic-a message or exchange of messages

up, down, above, below-In the context of tuning a transceiver, these terms refer to frequency, not to wavelength. Moving from 2 meters to 6 meters is going down, not up! Exception: 160m is sometimes called the "top band".

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