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Photos on this site are used under the licences below. Photos marked cropped were trimmed to fit the page and remain under the same licence.

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  • A small handheld two-way radio held up against a wooded hillside: photo by ErikBernard003, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
  • A dual-band handheld ham radio with a speaker mic on a wooden table: photo by Gustavo Belemmi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
  • A pair of FRS/GMRS walkie-talkies: photo by Pravito, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A handheld and a desktop NOAA weather alert radio on a table: photo by SSPWXR, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • An HF transceiver, tuner, power supply and a handheld set up on a table at a field day: photo by Greg Heartsfield, CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
  • A radio class: an instructor at the front of a hall full of scouts, a rig on the desk: photo by Fotokannan, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Two FRS handheld radios side by side: photo by Urban Versis 32, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
  • A dual-band handheld transceiver held up, antenna visible: photo by Jeff Davis, CC BY 2.0
  • Two lattice radio towers with antennas against a blue sky on a hillside: photo by Делфина, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
  • Two GMRS handhelds, a speaker mic and two FRS radios laid out in a row: photo by Urban Versis 32, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
  • An emergency preparedness kit: bag, water, radio, flashlight, batteries, gloves and goggles: photo by Red Cross (FEMA photo library), Public domain (cropped)
  • An operator in headphones at a laptop showing an SDR spectrum and waterfall: photo by Ognjen Antonič, CC BY 2.0
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