Amateur Radio

[Guerrero]

So I signed up for the Technician's exam in a couple of weeks. So I got online and started watching YouTube vids on radio operation and did some online practice exams. Some of the questions are 6 feet tall, and I'm only 5'9"

Are there any entertaining material I could be studying?

Not really that I know of. They're all pretty dry. Hamstudy.org is good; just keep doing the quiz over and over (and over).


Any electrician (or electrical engineering) background makes the circuit questions pretty trite.

[HeavyDuty]

Not really that I know of. They're all pretty dry. Hamstudy.org is good; just keep doing the quiz over and over (and over).


Any electrician (or electrical engineering) background makes the circuit questions pretty trite.

Hmmm. I wonder if there’s a market for video of topless women reading the question pool?

[mtnbkr]

Hmmm. I wonder if there’s a market for video of topless women reading the question pool?

There would be a lot of retakes.

Chris

[theJanitor]

Hmmm. I wonder if there’s a market for video of topless women reading the question pool?

I'd be game to try that study method. "if at first you don't succeed..." and all that.

[2xAGM114]

Awesome day on the bands. I activated an 8 point summit using the K6ARK EFHW I built. 25 QSOs! The only downer was trying to use my paddles while swatting biting flies away.

Anyone else get out to SOTA/POTA this weekend?

[mtnbkr]

Awesome day on the bands. I activated an 8 point summit using the K6ARK EFHW I built. 25 QSOs! The only downer was trying to use my paddles while swatting biting flies away.

Anyone else get out to SOTA/POTA this weekend?

Awesome! I didn't get out this past weekend, but the plan is to go out this weekend with a friend of mine. He has a new CW rig to break in and I want to see if I can make FT8 via my Tr(uSDX) work. K6ARK designed an audio adapter for the rig and a guy in India developed an Android app to do FT8 on your phone. I built the adapter yesterday (I have a spare board if anyone wants one), installed the app, and tested RX yesterday. It receives and decodes, so now I just need to get educated on FT8 operations. If I do that this week, I may do Saturday's activation on FT8.

This is my first foray into FT8. I can't say I'm super interested or invested in it, but if it can become another arrow in the quiver, that's cool.

ETA: FT8 via Tr(uSDX) and an Android phone:


Chris

[2xAGM114]

This is my first foray into FT8. I can't say I'm super interested or invested in it, but if it can become another arrow in the quiver, that's cool.

Chris

That's awesome. I've read up on the QDX; a lot of people are excited about it.

I went out with a friend last week and did an unactivated peak. He used his KX2 and a Surface laptop to do a JS8Call / FT8 activation.

Once I get MG, I may have to get into FT8, etc.

[HeavyDuty]

Once things settle down a little here (and it cools off) I want to start getting out with my HF gear and play in the field. I have a brand new IC-705 that needs some exercise.

[RJ]

Not really that I know of. They're all pretty dry. Hamstudy.org is good; just keep doing the quiz over and over (and over).


Any electrician (or electrical engineering) background makes the circuit questions pretty trite.

This. ^^^

There seem to be two types of questions; one that you have to just memorize, and one that is basic EE stuff. I did hamstudy.org and relied on my EE degree on the circuits questions. I think I missed one on the exam which bummed me out.

Having said that I need to get started on General, so appreciate the thread getting bumped.

Rich (KO4ZMP)

[HeavyDuty]

This. ^^^

There seem to be two types of questions; one that you have to just memorize, and one that is basic EE stuff. I did hamstudy.org and relied on my EE degree on the circuits questions. I think I missed one on the exam which bummed me out.

Having said that I need to get started on General, so appreciate the thread getting bumped.

Rich (KO4ZMP)

I keep meaning to work on my Extra (General since 2000 or so.)