Prepping the Ham Exams - Revision history

Katie at 20:18, 20 April 2012

2012-04-20T20:18:42Z

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	The amateur radio license exams are ~~_not_~~ hard to study for and pass, and all the resources you need are available online.		The amateur radio license exams are ''not'' hard to study for and pass, and all the resources you need are available online. A good starting point is [http://www.arrl.org/licensing-education-training ARRL's Licensing, Education & Training page].

	The questions you will be asked are a random selection from a known and published [http://www.arrl.org/question-pools test question pool].		The questions you will be asked are a random selection from a known and published [http://www.arrl.org/question-pools test question pool].
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	* [[Media:parseHamExam.py]]		* [[Media:parseHamExam.py]]

			Free practice exams can be found at [http://www.eham.net/exams/ eHam.net] and [http://www.qrz.com/ht/ QRZ.COM]. [http://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/ HamTestOnline] offers online courses for a fee ($20 for Technician-level course, $30 for General, $35 for Extra).

			Android apps for license exam study include [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tango11.hamstudy&hl=en Ham Radio Study] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cstructor.arexam#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmNzdHJ1Y3Rvci5hcmV4YW0iXQ Amateur Radio Exams].

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ITechGeek at 09:41, 3 April 2012

2012-04-03T09:41:33Z

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Hexagon5un at 16:30, 16 January 2012

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	One way to study is to just go through the test pool and memorize all the correct answers. But if you read through the pools as-is, they've got all the wrong answers in them too, which I found distracting, and possibly even misleading. So I wrote a small python script that reads the test pool files and selects out just the right answers. The code is awful, but works.		One way to study is to just go through the test pool and memorize all the correct answers. But if you read through the pools as-is, they've got all the wrong answers in them too, which I found distracting, and possibly even misleading. So I wrote a small python script that reads the test pool files and selects out just the right answers. The code is awful, but works.

	* [[2010Tech.txt]]		* [[Media:2010Tech.txt]]
	* [[2011General.txt]]		* [[Media:2011General.txt]]
	* [[Media:parseHamExam.py]]		* [[Media:parseHamExam.py]]

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2012-01-16T16:29:56Z

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The amateur radio license exams are _not_ hard to study for and pass, and all the resources you need are available online.

The questions you will be asked are a random selection from a known and published [http://www.arrl.org/question-pools test question pool].

One way to study is to just go through the test pool and memorize all the correct answers. But if you read through the pools as-is, they've got all the wrong answers in them too, which I found distracting, and possibly even misleading. So I wrote a small python script that reads the test pool files and selects out just the right answers. The code is awful, but works.

* [[2010Tech.txt]]
* [[2011General.txt]]
* [[Media:parseHamExam.py]]