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The US exams involve a lot of memorization; for the Technician and General exams, I highly recommend running through the questions in the $3.99 HamStudy app/com
by MandieD 4y ago
The US exams involve a lot of memorization; for the Technician and General exams, I highly recommend running through the questions in the $3.99 HamStudy app/completely free hamstudy.org website. For the Amateur Extra, I crammed using "Pass Your Amateur Radio Extra Class Test - The Easy Way!" by Craig Buck, and the title is completely correct: it isn't "Deeply Understand the Material on the Extra Class Test," and is useless for anything other than passing the current US Amateur Extra Class exam. "Amateur Radio Extra Class Licensing" by Stephen Horan did a bit more education and has been worth looking at since passing the exam.
I passed my exams, and while I paid close attention to all of the safety/legal things (and looked them up for Germany, where I live and later converted my license), I left fully understanding the technical parts for after I got licensed and was able to start doing. For example, I memorized a bunch of stuff about antennas to get the questions right on the exams; over the past few months, I've been modifying and scavenging the ones I bought early on and making my own.
- fr0sty 4y ago+1 for HamStudy.org which is an excellent resource. They include "explainer" cards for each question which often contain links to other material which are a great jumping off point for going as deep as you care to go on any individual topic. I used the hamstudy website almost exclusively for getting my license and was able to pass all three tests (General, Tech, Amateur Extra) in one sitting. I had to set for a physical test at a local club's monthly meeting, but now organizations like GLAARG are proctoring remote tests via zoomso you can gest more or less 'on demand' from home.