After the club overland trip last weekend, there was some talk (*mostly over HAM radio!) about reviving the threads I've run in the past to prep club members interested in taking the Amateur Radio Technician license test.
If you're interested, post below, and I'll work to get you lined up with study materials, online practice tests, and even set you up and meet you there for the Volunteer Tester (VE) Test Day. Here are some prior threads on the topic, if you're on the fence:
The first thread of interest: Future Club HAMster's, unite! HAM Test Challenge Date, APR22.
Wave2 in Summer of 2017: HAM Test Challenge - Wave 2 - Saturday, May 27!
Shown here is ~$150 that gets you into the Amateur Radio HAM frequencies on club runs, LEGALLY! It's not hard, it's not expensive, and you get a lot more out of going out wheeling when you can talk along the way.
I'll gauge interest by how long the thread lives, so post below if you'd like some help getting pointed in the right direction.
Some study tricks to get you started; (*added by request...)
Commitment has been made for VE Testing Date on April 27 (4th Saturday of the month, 7pPHX @ Red Cross Headquarters on Camelback), by majority vote! Thanks,
If you're interested, post below, and I'll work to get you lined up with study materials, online practice tests, and even set you up and meet you there for the Volunteer Tester (VE) Test Day. Here are some prior threads on the topic, if you're on the fence:
The first thread of interest: Future Club HAMster's, unite! HAM Test Challenge Date, APR22.
Wave2 in Summer of 2017: HAM Test Challenge - Wave 2 - Saturday, May 27!
Shown here is ~$150 that gets you into the Amateur Radio HAM frequencies on club runs, LEGALLY! It's not hard, it's not expensive, and you get a lot more out of going out wheeling when you can talk along the way.
I'll gauge interest by how long the thread lives, so post below if you'd like some help getting pointed in the right direction.
Some study tricks to get you started; (*added by request...)
- 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.
- Don't worry about the math! Given the random sampling of questions you'll get, you cn skip ALL the math calculations and if you get the other content questions right, you'll still pass!
Commitment has been made for VE Testing Date on April 27 (4th Saturday of the month, 7pPHX @ Red Cross Headquarters on Camelback), by majority vote! Thanks,
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