New thread to prepare for 'Wave 2' of club members who are interested in getting HAM Amateur Radio licensed through The AZ Amateur Radio Club VE Testing held on the 4th Saturday of each month.
The next VE Testing Date is Saturday, May 27 @7p.
AZ Amateur Radio Club (VE Testing): www.w7io.org
Location: 4747 N 22nd Street @7p on 4th Saturday of each month
Online Study Guide & Flash Cards (study & practice testing): www.hamstudy.org
1) We're now 3 weeks out from the Test Date of May 27! That's still plenty of time for someone who may be on the fence and wants to get their Technician License but isn't sure about their ability to pass the 35 question test. Trust me, that's plenty of time.
B) The first 'Wave' of 5 of us all passed the Technician Element and now have our HAM licenses! See the original thread for more information: Future Club HAMster's, unite! HAM Test Challenge Date, APR22.
III) Pro Study Tip: as proposed by @Otter (*and others), you can pass with minimal effort if you study the test questions - not the material. Later on, you'll have plenty of time to learn everything you need to know about HAM Radio and the Amateur Radio Arts. The test questions (385 by last count) are the panel you need to know the answers to for the 35 randomly selected questions you'll be asked on the actual test day. Here are some common themes;
I will need to coordinate the list of Test Subjects and get them to Gary at the W7IO Volunteer Examiner group one week before the Test Date.
The next VE Testing Date is Saturday, May 27 @7p.
AZ Amateur Radio Club (VE Testing): www.w7io.org
Location: 4747 N 22nd Street @7p on 4th Saturday of each month
Online Study Guide & Flash Cards (study & practice testing): www.hamstudy.org
1) We're now 3 weeks out from the Test Date of May 27! That's still plenty of time for someone who may be on the fence and wants to get their Technician License but isn't sure about their ability to pass the 35 question test. Trust me, that's plenty of time.
B) The first 'Wave' of 5 of us all passed the Technician Element and now have our HAM licenses! See the original thread for more information: Future Club HAMster's, unite! HAM Test Challenge Date, APR22.
III) Pro Study Tip: as proposed by @Otter (*and others), you can pass with minimal effort if you study the test questions - not the material. Later on, you'll have plenty of time to learn everything you need to know about HAM Radio and the Amateur Radio Arts. The test questions (385 by last count) are the panel you need to know the answers to for the 35 randomly selected questions you'll be asked on the actual test day. Here are some common themes;
- There are 80 inches in 2 meters
- MICE - Magnetic is Inductance / Capacitance is Electric
- Radio Frequency has 2 components - Electro-Magnetic
- 50 Ohm is the standard for most HAM cabling
- CW is International Morse Code and is always low within the band, along with data
- 300/Mhz = meters (band)
- CFHI - Capacitance = Farad / Henry = Inductance (units of measure)
- The Eagle, The Indian, and The Rabbit - This came from the Hamstudy.org site and makes the formulas for Voltage, Current, and Resistance, as follows;
- V = I * R
- I = V / R
- R = V / I
- The trick here is to imagine Voltage (V) as the 'Eagle', Current (I) as the 'Indian', and Resistance (R) as the 'Rabbit'. Anytime that Voltage is in the equation, it will be above the other variable, i.e., the 'Eagle' will always be OVER the Indian or the Rabbit (*and therefore divided by that variable). Conversely, anytime the Indian or the Rabbit are together, they're side-by-side (*and multiplied together). This makes working the formula word problems a LOT easier.
I will need to coordinate the list of Test Subjects and get them to Gary at the W7IO Volunteer Examiner group one week before the Test Date.