HAM Radio Technician Test

Amateur Radio is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) also subject to numerous international agreements.

Amateur Radio operators must be licensed. In the U.S. there are three license classes. Each successive level of license comes with an expansion of privileges. You start with a Technician Class License.

Earning a Ham Radio license requires passing an examination. You can get an entry level Amateur Radio Technician license by passing a 35-question multiple-choice examination. No Morse code test is required.

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• HAM
• Radio
• Technican
• Test
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• electronics

[ddogg845]

I really cant find where to study and where to go to test if you can help i would really appreciate it

[GearBuyersGuide]

@ddogg845

I don't know where you are, but I did an internet search for HAM in my town and found the clubs that do the testing, etc

else check the big national clubs for their local sources

[wrestlemaniac202]

I got a few questions. I'll be taking the technician test at a local Hamfest and how hard is the test and could I buy a ham radio right after I took the test and passed it? Also how many questions could I get wrong that I could still pass the test? I have an app on my itouch to help my study for it

[GearBuyersGuide]

@wrestlemaniac202

The test is the test, how hard it is depends on your brain I suppose..

Good news is the test is out and available to study from so your iTouch app is showing you the actual questions you'll see on your test.. so take the practice tests until you always pass them and chances are you'll pass the 'real' one too

You can buy the radio whenever you want, you just can't use it until you are listed in the database with a call sign

Good luck and let us know how you do !!

[wrestlemaniac202]

@GearBuyersGuide How long will that take for the call sign to apper on the database website? Hours, days, weeks, or months?

[GearBuyersGuide]

@wrestlemaniac202

for me it was about 12-14 days. but there was a national holiday in there.. other guys have seen theirs show up faster

[epicureus314159]

you have to test the technician because

well, i guess he might be on something

scary

[keoghjacob]

Our VEs wouldn't let us know the amount of questions we missed.

[foxrivermotorman]

A good web sight out there is Ham Test Online, E-ham and the Gorden West books and audio CD are a big help. I pasted my Extra in 2009 by the Gorden West book and the Ham Test Online.

[wrestlemaniac202]

@GearBuyersGuide okay thats good to know for now