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Might take a look here and maybe start a new hobby..Depends on how hard it is..Linnea wrote: Available at Borders and Amazon...
Everything you need is right here:
It's always seemed interesting and fun,but like you said, I'm not an electronics expert by any stretch of the imagination...Linnea wrote: It's not too difficult, ABFan. Got the book a few years ago and read it through once. Not too many pages of actual text. Half the book is self tests for each section - with the answers - so you can test and retest yourself on the material in each section. It is a good way to learn, as you can go back and reread the sections you have trouble with.
After the first read - I put the book down for a couple months. Then picked it back up and spent a month studying each chapter/section of the book - taking notes and the self tests in the book.
There are practice tests online where you can keep testing yourself to see which areas you'll need to study a bit more.
After that one month of focused study and taking the online practise tests. Went over to the local ARRL testing site and took the Tech Test. Passed easily and I believe most of us would. I am no expert in electronics.
I'll find the online practice sites and post them here.
Good for you! Let us know when you get the book.
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Thanks for the link...took the practice test there without every reading anything beforehand or knowing anything...just tried to use reasoning and answered 22 correctly and missed 13....said I can only miss 9...I fail...Linnea wrote: Okay! Here is the online ham radio licensing site run by AA9PW. It's a great little site for all things useful for studying for your license.
You will find most all ham operators are very helpful. You can probably find a local support and maybe study group in your area. Look on the ARRL dot com website.
Here's the link to AA9PW:
http://aa9pw.com/
Do you have a ham radio operator's license, badspell?
If not, get the study book and join in.