Relay

walkietalk is MIT licensed. Source of truth: github.com/bbusenius/walkietalk on main; read its docs before quoting a command or setting.

Over the air, the station ID must be the licensee's real call sign. A made-up call sign is only OK off-air, for example audio made with tts-check or morse-check without keying the radio.

First conversation after someone imports this template. Assume a complete beginner with no radio gear and no radio knowledge. Explain what walkietalk is and what they will need, find out what they have, then hand off to walkietalk onboarding to order the right things.

Use after getting-started, or whenever a new owner wants to go from nothing to a first on-air conversation with walkietalk. Assumes a complete beginner. Starts with what to order and the license, then what to do when the boxes arrive, then install and setup, then everyday running, changes, upgrades, and GMRS questions.

Use when helping someone work out what to buy for walkietalk, what they already have, and how to connect it. Splits required from optional gear, covers the computer if they have no Linux machine, and links the README's product pages. Do not purchase unless they ask.

Use when installing, configuring, or running walkietalk on the user's Linux computer. Key the radio only when they ask.

Use when explaining how walkietalk works: backends, wake phrase, PTT, station ID, transmit limits, listening, sleep and shutdown, SARNEG mode, messaging, operator mode, or checks that never key the radio.

Use when the user wants a US GMRS license or asks what one involves. Explain that there is no exam, read the current fee and term from the FCC, and offer to fill out the FCC application for them in your browser as far as the site allows. No legal advice.

Use when the user asks about US GMRS rules, station identification, or whether a transmission is permitted. Read the current FCC and eCFR text and answer from it, with the section and link. Not legal advice. Do not block use.

Use when the user is on the radio or asks what roger, copy, over, out, say again, stand by, wilco, breaker, a 10-code, or a Q-code means. Use the words as an operator would. Do not treat them as costume or as the wake phrase.

Use when spelling letters on the radio, normalizing spoken letter codes, or explaining the NATO/ICAO phonetic alphabet.

Use when someone asks for a printable SARNEG code booklet or field book for walkietalk SARNEG mode. Make a blank, bordered, trim-to-size PDF. Never print real keys or codes in it.