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Amateur radio license. The experience is more relevant to my job than any corporate training I've ever done. Note that "experience" means "everything I've done
by jcalvinowens 4y ago
Amateur radio license. The experience is more relevant to my job than any corporate training I've ever done.
Note that "experience" means "everything I've done with the license since getting the license". Don't fall into the "achievement" trap: reading a book so you can pass a multiple choice test teaches you precisely nothing, unless you go out and start to apply the rote memorization.
- benbarbersmith 4y agoInteresting. What have you experienced with it since passing, and why is it relevant to your job?
- fffobar 4y agoI am trying to learn about radio (and the electric and magnetic fields in general), and I'm following the Great Scott Gadgets' "Software Defined Radio with HackRF" video series. I'm also thinking about getting an amateur radio license. What else could you recommend?
- foundart 4y agoarrl.org and rsgb.org, the US and UK amateur radio organizations, sell a variety of books you might find helpful. If you are in the US, ARRL sells books that teach to the specifics of the US tests. I used those but found them rather unsatisfying. There are other books which focus on experiments (see Hands-On Radio Experiments) and others on theory. The ARRL Handbook is also useful. It's updated annually, but you won't miss too much if you save a few dollars by getting an older edition.