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What is a good study guide for The Ham radio certification and how do you find a test site?
 
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Jeepmedic46 said:
What is a good study guide for The Ham radio certification and how do you find a test site?
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I would suggest that you pickup a copy of the ARRL study guide for the Technician license from Amazon.



I would also suggest that you register for the online HAM study site “http://hamstudy.org”. This will really help you commit the material to memory. Lastly I would recommend that watch the YouTube video series from Dave Casler,


These should be watched in conjunction with reading each of the chapters in the ARRL study guide.

You can find local clubs that offer testing (typically once a month) by going to the ARRL web site or even from the “Hamstudy” web site.

If you do these three things, you will get you license in 45-60 days. (I did...)

Best of luck...
 
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FJRpilot said:
I would suggest that you pickup a copy of the ARRL study guide for the Technician license from Amazon.



I would also suggest that you register for the online HAM study site “http://hamstudy.org”. This will really help you commit the material to memory. Lastly I would recommend that watch the YouTube video series from Dave Casler,


These should be watched in conjunction with reading each of the chapters in the ARRL study guide.

You can find local clubs that offer testing (typically once a month) by going to the ARRL web site or even from the “Hamstudy” web site.

If you do these three things, you will get you license in 45-60 days. (I did...)

Best of luck...
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Thank you
 
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I used an online practice test site. Can't remember which one but it was free. Used that on and off during my free time for about 2 weeks and passed first go round.
 
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I used Ham Test Online. It's a paysite but worked very well for me. I used it for Tech through Extra.
 
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Hamstudy.org is a good practice site. Free and covers all possible test questions. The Ham that runs it also has signalstuff.com where he makes ans sells some of the best HT antennas.
 
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Perhaps this will be of some help.

How to get your Amateur (ham) radio license.

Now Lars has a good Boot Camp article with a good overview of ham radio and some info on radios. He does make mention of how to get licensed however I had this article written and thought I would share it here as it may give a little more insight into getting licensed specifically. Ham radio...
www.overlandbound.com www.overlandbound.com
 
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J.W. said:
To find a testing location/Date, start HERE. It’s not a complete list but it might have you covered.
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Thank you for this link, I was able to find a club here in my home town that does testing. I found out that a verymgood friend of mine passed his technical licenses last month, so this gives me a person I know and trust to ask questions and learn if HAM is really something I am interested in
 
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If you have a halfway good memory, I would suggest this website:

Technician, General and Extra class pool questions with only the correct answers - The Holland ARC website has moved to www.k8daa.org

Listed below are the full pool questions for the three licenses, with only the correct answers. There are two versions, one edited by K8TB, and one edited by AD7FO. Tech2026k8tb Gen2027k8tb Extra2028k8tb Tech2026AD7FO Gen2027AD7FO Extra2028AD8FO
www.hollandarc.org

It has all of the questions, but only the one correct answer. Students will go through the test, and one of the four possibilities will stand out more than the others. Many people have come up to me and thanked me for the suggestion. Good luck.
 
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Dolf said:
If you have a halfway good memory, I would suggest this website:

Technician, General and Extra class pool questions with only the correct answers - The Holland ARC website has moved to www.k8daa.org

Listed below are the full pool questions for the three licenses, with only the correct answers. There are two versions, one edited by K8TB, and one edited by AD7FO. Tech2026k8tb Gen2027k8tb Extra2028k8tb Tech2026AD7FO Gen2027AD7FO Extra2028AD8FO
www.hollandarc.org

It has all of the questions, but only the one correct answer. Students will go through the test, and one of the four possibilities will stand out more than the others. Many people have come up to me and thanked me for the suggestion. Good luck.
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Thank you, I’ll check it out
 
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Dolf said:
If you have a halfway good memory, I would suggest this website:

Technician, General and Extra class pool questions with only the correct answers - The Holland ARC website has moved to www.k8daa.org

Listed below are the full pool questions for the three licenses, with only the correct answers. There are two versions, one edited by K8TB, and one edited by AD7FO. Tech2026k8tb Gen2027k8tb Extra2028k8tb Tech2026AD7FO Gen2027AD7FO Extra2028AD8FO
www.hollandarc.org

It has all of the questions, but only the one correct answer. Students will go through the test, and one of the four possibilities will stand out more than the others. Many people have come up to me and thanked me for the suggestion. Good luck.
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I used Hamstudy.org (and No-Nonsense Study Guides - KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog) and agree with your method. I see people recommend just taking the practice test over and over until you get it, but to me that just puts ALL of the answers in my head...right, wrong, or indifferent.
If you study the questions and correct answers only then the correct answer jumps right out at you when you take the test. 1575908074931.png

Also Dolf, welcome to OB from Oklahoma.
 
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I used an iOS app called Ham Radio Exam - Tech and General. I passed both my tech and general on the same day. it made the test really easy, but it didn't help me in understanding the curriculum. The tech level was pretty understandable for me, but I had to go back and use my library card to get more comfortable with the actual application of principles that were involved with the general license.
 
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