Nonsense. It’s not hard.I thought about trying to get my HAM license and was worried about taking the test. I’m an electrician by trade and thought it would be a snap. After reading that I’m pretty sure I’m out of my league. I think I’ll buy some Baofengs and put them in the faraday cage when things go bad and don’t have to worry about the FCC. As a side note, I was a underground utility locator for 13 years and remember talking to a homeowner that had this huge antenna array and I commented that he probably gets the best free t.v from everywhere, that’s when he told me that it was for a ham radio and I've been interested every since.
Technician license is almost all FCC
General isn’t hard and the theories to pass the test are easy to memorize.
It’s the Extra exam that is hard. That starts talking about crazy RF and electrical theories. But all that gets you is the ability to use amps up to 1500 watts and extra parts of the frequencies nobody else can use. You can do plenty with only 100 watts and 3/4 of the band’s frequencies.
Lots of free websites to study the questions and learn the “why” of each question. I really like
“The Fast Track to Your Technician Class Ham “ by Michael Burnette. He lists All of the questions, shows you the answer, then explains why it is correct and why the others are wrong.
She studying to get your license won’t teach you everything. But it gets you started on your journey, and there are LOTS of Elmers to mentor you for free.
And it’s something you can do before you are licensed. You can transmit under direct supervision of a ham.
They do group outings called POTAs (parks on the air) where they get together and play on the bands at parks where they are out away from RF pollution. . There is one coming up on the 30th at Deer Creek FWA in Putnamville. All are welcome to attend and they are VERY welcoming.
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