Lucy the Valiant Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 For an interested teen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 My local ham radio clubs conduct classes as well as host the amateur radio license exam. Maybe check your local club? On this link, there are resources for self study on the Finding Other Testing Resources section and Suggested Books for your First License section https://hamradio.arc.nasa.gov/license.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 In addition to a local club, possibly your local 4-H might have a ham radio section. For several years, our homeschool group had that available to them, due to one of the homeschool group parents being a licensed operator, and setting up a 4-H club for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I also was going to recommend a local club. I noticed just yesterday that a community college near here offers a ham radio class for the community. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 The ham radio exam pulls a subset of questions from a larger question pool that is freely available. Like a lot licensing exams, the material it tests is related/adjacent to actually operating a ham radio, but not really. I downloaded a free app to my phone which contains the question bank, so I could review all of them. Then I attended a half day certification class with the exam at the end. During the class, they instructed us to read through the question bank and read the correct answer. When you take the exam, they seriously instructed us to let our hands instinctively choose the right answer. Don't overthink it, in fact, don't think about it at all. It was funny and weird, but it works. It also helped that I was familiar with circuit design symbols, which earned me a few free points. Weirdly, after I got my certification I only used a ham radio once. It was partly bucket list, partly aspirational. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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