It is critical you have a reliable HF station available so you can get on the air daily. This should be a station that allows for reliable HF communication on the commonly used bands such as 40M, 20M and 15M. Other bands are a bonus and may be helpful. It is vitally important you can have QSOs with your classmates as the Code Buddy system is a requirement in the acquistion of conversational CW.
Some of the things that are essential:
- Preferably available from your home
- At least 50W of output power
- An effective antenna