Re: Beginner HAM
By: Elektrogeist to All on Wed May 02 2012 07:43 pm
Hi I'm interested in HAM radio. What are some good pointers and starter advice for a newcomer?
I go to take my tech test Saturday. Studying hard to pass it...
I've got some links on my website... For all the links, go to
http://www.roachguts.org/cbham.html
Visit
http://www.qrz.com/ and setup an account. Without a ham license,
you can use any screen name you want. Once you get licensed, you then
can use your ham license as your screen name. This is really awesome
for preparing! I can't express how much better this site is over some
of the others. You log-in so it can track your work. It knows then
when you have answered every question correctly, what questions you need
to work on, etc. It also will tell you what categories those questions
you missed are from so you can study the entire pool of questions....
BTW, yes I know the Welcome to Roach Guts over-writes the text.... I'm
going to fix that hopefully soon....
I had some study guides I downloaded from somewhere else that someone in
here recommended. If I can find the links on my laptop, I'll put them
either on the website or here (unless someone else post), it does a great
job of teaching what you need to know. Do a search for HAM CRAM on google.
it's a powerpoint presentation. Another is a .pdf file of pretty much every
thing on the test, why, what the answer is, etc. Way too much information.
Read through it first, then do the ham-cram powerpoint presentation, then
start taking the test. If you have any knowladge of electronics, that gives
you a major boost!
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