oh and make sure the baofeng offset for transmit is correct. Sometimes they show up with the wrong offset for the us.
He'll need a license first.
oh and make sure the baofeng offset for transmit is correct. Sometimes they show up with the wrong offset for the us.
Would something like a big baking sheet work to ground a magnetic antenna?
I’ve got the same book. I get to those sections that I can’t quite fathom and it puts me to sleep and I forget everything I read. There are a few concepts that I haven’t been able to wrap my head around. Without understanding them, I can’t seem to get the answers given to stick.
Matt
Go to hamstudy.org and run the flash cards over and over until you get them all right...then take practice exams until you consistently hit 85% or higher., Extra is 50 questions...but it's very doable.
I don’t memorize well. I have to know the material.
If you can't memorize, then how do you learn?
Run the flash cards...each one shows the right answer and WHY it's the right answer. Make notes, study your notes, then when you can get through the flash cards start taking practice tests. You'll eventually learn the answers to the questions by sheer repetition. Good luck!
I'm the same way. Raw memorization, forget it. But if I know the underlying material and comprehend it, I can remmber an answer.
Anyone in the market for a Yaesu FTdx1200? Mine has been sitting in the box for a couple months. I had it up for 6 months and discovered HF just wasnt my thing. Probably need to get it to someone who will put it to good use. I even upgraded it with the FFT-1 card. Supposedly it can decode CW, but its hard to get it tuned to do it reliably. But it does really improve the waterfall graphs over the stock radio.
If you can't memorize, then how do you learn?
Run the flash cards...each one shows the right answer and WHY it's the right answer. Make notes, study your notes, then when you can get through the flash cards start taking practice tests. You'll eventually learn the answers to the questions by sheer repetition. Good luck!
Give ya $100 for it
I was really hoping to get at least $110.
I'm the same way. Raw memorization, forget it. But if I know the underlying material and comprehend it, I can remmber an answer.
Anyone in the market for a Yaesu FTdx1200? Mine has been sitting in the box for a couple months. I had it up for 6 months and discovered HF just wasnt my thing. Probably need to get it to someone who will put it to good use. I even upgraded it with the FFT-1 card. Supposedly it can decode CW, but its hard to get it tuned to do it reliably. But it does really improve the waterfall graphs over the stock radio.
I took my tech online and missed passing by 2 questions. I have studied and was getting 74-90 percent on 95% of the tests I was taking. There were several questions on the test I took that I hadn't even seen in the tests and studying materials I was using. Lucky for me the testing fee was only $5.
They did it all on Zoom, I had to have my phone on zoom looking at me and my computer while i was taking the test. I also had to pan around the room and show them no one was in there with me. It was a little frustrating as there was some setup stuff I didn't see (like not being able to use an ipad) anyway. I however am studying some materials they suggested instead of what I had been using. Studying a bunch more and I'm gonna try to get in another session toward the end of April beginning of May.
Here is the link if anyone is interested in trying it out.... Tech test
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I took my tech online and missed passing by 2 questions. I have studied and was getting 74-90 percent on 95% of the tests I was taking. There were several questions on the test I took that I hadn't even seen in the tests and studying materials I was using. Lucky for me the testing fee was only $5.
The “funny” thing is the guy made a comment that “if I wasn’t 100% confident I was gonna pass it I shouldn’t take it because it was taking a seat from someone else”. I was 1 of 6 guys in the “first class”. I don’t really feel like people are beating down the door to become HAM techs. No offense to anyone but even the study stuff says only 1% have their license. 1% of 373(‘ish)million people.
Currently there are about 760,000 licensed radio amateurs in the US....I'd guess 20% are active.
I got my first ticket in January 1995. The internet and cell phones were not so much a factor in communications then. I'll admit that I rarely communicate on the air now. I do keep my HT charged ready to go in case of bad weather.
I would be interested in participating if we could establish an INGO ham radio club.
The hobby has a LOT of competition now that it didn't have back then. I remember using the phone patches on the local repeaters back in the day...one night a guy called to check in with his wife and man she let him have it for being late...laughed so hard I almost drove off the road.
I'd be interested in a INGO ham radio club too...might make more sense to make it a virtual club...put up a website, and have meetings once a month via Zoom. Lot's of virtual clubs out there now. That way ops from all over the state could join in and participate.
Something to kick around. I know nothing about setting up a web site.