Printed versions of the No-Nonsense Study Guides now available!
Printed, bound editions of the Tech study guide and General Class study guide are now available for $11.99, including shipping. If you would like to order a printed copy, you can pay by PayPal by clicking on one of the links below. Or, if you prefer, you can snail mail me a check for $11.99. I’m good on QRZ.Com.
| I just got received a nice donation from Sam, W5KF. He writes, “Thanks for making the study guides available. Our club is making plans for some focused one-day classes.” |
The No-Nonsense Technician-Class License Study Guide
The No-Nonsense General-Class License Study Guide
In 2005, I was cooling my heels at the public-information table at our club’s Field Day site, when up walked Bruce, W8BBS. In his hand, he had a copy of his Tech license exam study guide. What he had done was take each question in the question pool, reworded them as statements, and then reorganized them into paragraphs, adding text where appropriate to tie it all together and help it read more like a book.
We talked about how several folks had successfully used the study guide to get their licenses and how much they seemed to like his approach. Then, we talked about how he might get the word out so that more people could use his study guide. After quickly paging through the study guide, I volunteered to post it on our club’s website.
In 2006, Bruce was unable to update his study guide, so he gave me permission to to do it. That version was the first issue of the No-Nonsense, Technician-Class Study Guide. In 2007, I produced the first No-Nonsense General Class Study Guide.
Last December, I produced an ePub version of the Tech study guide. It’s now available for both the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes&Noble Nook. I planned to also produce iPhone and iPad versions, but I can’t seem to get Apple to straighten out my iTunes developer account. :( You can certainly purchase the Kindle version, though, and read it on the iPhone or iPad with the Kindle app.
Now, I’m releasing the 2011 version of the No-Nonsense, General-Class Study Guide. Use this version if you’ll be taking the test AFTER July 1, 2011. I’ll eventually be producing ePub versions of this study guide, too.
Thanks to everyone who’s supported me in this. And, for everyone who’s asked me if I’m going to do an Extra Class study guide, let me just say look for it next year when they upgrade the question pool.
Dan,
As promised, last week I handed out your Tech Study Guide to the 20 students in my Amateur Radio elective class. I am taking the class in a self-study direction with “overview” by me. With quizzes to keep them honest, I hope to cover the basics pretty quickly, thus allowing the students plenty of time to get into hands-on electronics.
I will be using “100-in-1″ Science kits to allow the students to build basic circuits and discover how components work. Afterward, we will hopefully move toward breadboarding circuits. We’ll see how far we get…
As for learning electronic theory, I found that the visuals and info. from the “Electronics” section at http://www.electronicstheory,com seem to be pretty good.
I will also be using your General Study Guide, so I’ll let you know if I find any typos or portions in either of the Guides that seem to confuse teenagers. Again, thanks for taking the time to produce materials for the next generation.
By the way, I’m passing out Morse Code CDs tomorrow. Some of the kids are psyched to learn Code. Maybe we can arrange a “final” with my students having to work you using CW and obtain some information (e.g. favorite color, name of pet, etc..).
73 from Austin, Texas.
Ronny, KC5EES
Hi, Ronny.
Very cool. I’m up for working your students. I think I’ll have to get my 20m vertical back up in the air first, but that shouldn’t be a problem.
73, Dan
Loved the General guide. Got my upgrade this summer using it. Well, mostly. Only read the first few chapters and did the rest of the test with common sense and experience. I will definitely need the guide for my Extra though, so get writing!
Thanks for your comments, Shawn. Unfortunately, I don’t think there will be a No Nonsense Guide for the Extra Class license examination. There are just too many questions, and I just don’t have enough time to devote to it. The only way it might be possible is if I could enlist the help of some other folks to write some of the sections. Then, i could edit them and put it all together.
Hmmmmmm. The more I think about this, the more I like the idea. Anyone want to volunteer??
btw, I checked out your your picture on QRZ.Com. What a great looking station!
Dan,
Shawn KB8UDE showed me your guide, I used it to help teach a class of Boy Scouts. Three of them got licensed, and I’m starting another class next week with about ten people this time, even going to have three parents taking it. Two of the new Scout Techs want to upgrade to General when the others try for Tech so they can stay ahead of their buddies.
That’s great. Thanks for the feedback. Tell the scouts to download the General Class Study Guide when they get started on that.
Hi, Jack–
Thanks for the great feedback on my study guide. fyi, it’s going to be available very soon in a printed version. The cost will be $12, plus shipping. If you think you might be interested in this, let me know, and I’ll e-mail you when it’s ready. If not, feel free to continue to use the free version on my website.
73, Dan
Dan,
Your study guides seem to have garnered much praise. I’m starting to study for my General (so that a friend and I can study for Extra this summer while she’s off from school). I might be up for working on a rephrased-type guide such as this for Extra – we’ll see how it goes. Let me pass my General first and I’ll let you know :)
Hopefully sometime in the next month, I’ll go /AG.
73, Jon
Thanks for the general study guide. Got it done on 6/7/08!!
Excellent. Congratulations!
Dan
I would like your permission to use your “The No-Nonsense, Technician Class License study Guide” for an upcoming class this November. It looks great, just what I was looking for. I’m not sure how many people we will be having but if I could print about 10 copies at my office that would be great.
The PDF file says to get permission and the WEB page says to just print and use it, just don’t want to step on any toes.
I used to use the Now Your Talking book with the teaching manual, it was ok after I rewrote a good piece of the teaching manual to speed things up. I have not taught a class in 2 years and my stuff does not match there new book, so now would be a great time to change.
Thanks again, this will save me a ton time.
n0mdf
Jay Jagerson
7620 158th Ave NW
Ramsey, Mn 55303
Of course you have my permission. As long as you’re not charging for the class, you’re free to use it.
Thanks Dan
We we give it a Whirl.
And nope, we are not charging for the class, never have and never will.
I’m writing up the paper work and lesson plans now, if anybody wants a look at them I would be more than happy to share when I get done.
Thanks again,
Jay
Dan,
Thanks for all your hard work in making these 2 study guides. I just passed my Tech test a couple days ago. Not sure I could have done it without your guide. I decided to get into the Amateur radio hobby only a few days before.
I am now studying for the General test and I am using your guide once again.
Thanks,
Brian
Hi Dan,
We recently held a One-Day Tech Class and gave each of the students a copy of your manual. This was our first “experiment” with this format.
Had about 15 students signed up for the course, and sent them your manual. Several mentioned they weren’t ready and a few others didn’t show, but we ended up with 7 people at the “review” session. We went over a few of the chapters, when the students “revolted”! They wanted to skip the review and go straight to the test! So, we obliged and gave them their exams … and 6 of them passed on the first try – one aced it and none of the others missed more than 2 or 3 questions! One took another shot, and missed 4 his second go, so he passed as well!
They stayed around after testing, and we had a great “Question and Answer” session with them!
I had my doubts how well they’d be able to do with just that simple Tech Guide, but they erased those doubts after seeing them do as well as they did! Some of them expressed interest in getting their General license, so we provided them with that manual.
I’ve got 10 people or so lined up (and may pick up a few others at a CERT class this week) to go through the process again in January! We’ll probably skip the review, and go straight to the testing … and do another “Q & A” session after the testing.
Thanks for putting this together and offering it up for folks to use.
Ron, WD4AHZ
That’s interesting, Ron. I hadn’t thought about asking them if they’d like to skip the class entirely. We have had some bail at the first break and then come back later to take the test, though.
The thing the folks mentioned to us, was that they didn’t want us to fill their head with more “stuff”! They already knew the material (we could tell since they knew all the review answers as far as we went), and just wanted to take the test. I guess the bottom line is, if someone wants it and studies hard enough, they CAN pass the test. They were all pleased with the material and very appreciative of the help and support we gave them along the way.
Ron, WD4AHZ
I like the idea of “not filling their heads with too much stuff.” :) Most of them will, at some point, want to know some of that stuff, but they can learn it when they need to, not when we think they need to.
I would like to thank you for the selfstudy guide that I downloaded…Thanks.
I used it to study and passed the tech. class test on Friday. The VE’s shoke my hand and stated it sure was nice to find someone that was completely prepared to take the test…I aced it..
They asked me to take the Gen. test, but I’m not ready yet..I’m reading your Gen. guide and don’t expect any problems in passing the test next month.
Thanks again..I’ll be setting up shop soon, Bobby
Hey, welcome to ham radio, Bobby. I’m glad I could help. Let us know what your callsign is when you get it, and maybe we can have a QSO sometime.
I just used the General Class Study Guide (couldn’t get the ARRL Manual in time) to study for my General Exam. Prior to this, I had tried studying by taking the eham.net practice tests, and while they helped, when I went and took the test, I failed (22/35) when I went for the exam. What happened is I was memorizing the WRONG answers I kept on selecting when I took the test, lol. Well, I printed out KB6NU’s General Class No-Nonsense Study Guide at the recommendation of a fellow JSARS club member (who passed his exam the month before with 31/35) and re-took the test. I passed confidently with 32/35 (91.7%)! Thanks Dan, and we now have the two guides borrowed (the ones we printed) to two more members who took the test the same day I did and failed, I’ll update later with their results. Me and John (who recommended the booklet to me) are confident they’ll pass easily.
Thanks for the study guide, and the only comment/criticism we have is … WHEN WILL THERE BE AN EXTRA GUIDE?
Thanks again, and 73′s de KC2UFP!
I don’t think I’ll be getting around to the Extra Class Study Guide for a long time, if at all. My next project is a kid’s Tech Class study guide. See http://kb6nu.com/lets-publish-a-study-guide-for-kids/.
Dan, I haven’t taken the exams yet but ty for the study guide!!! As a computer tech I have a couple suggestions you might take or leave as suits you. First I didn’t find your site and guides when googling at all, it wasn’t until I posted on a newsgroup that a ham referred me to this page. You might consider looking into search engine optimization so more people can find this information.
Also, you might consider converting these guides into wiki’s. I’m not sure off hand what they use for the wikibooks project but you could load it onto your webserver or just publish them as wikibooks. This way people can make corrections (I’ve noticed a number of minor errors like missing ‘it’ ‘a’ and other connector words that spellcheck doesn’t catch) and even expand on the information. You could even start a wikibook for the extra class guide, start an outline and just work on it bit by bit as you get a chance and let others fill in as well. Maybe put the extra questions the sections of the outline need to answer under the section so people know what information HAS to be there.
With a wiki anyone can edit it as easily as they can post right here but there is a history of revisions so you can always selectively revert back anything that isn’t correct or if some mean spirited vandal comes along. Wikibooks have the advantage of being indexable by google (so you get search credit for all that content) or if you go with the wikibooks project you just credit your own site in the books and you’ll get a serious pagerank boost from being linked by wikipedia! Last but not least they can be printed.
Anyway thanks for the guides, much appreciated!
Thanks for the comments. What terms were you using to search for the study guides? I just Googled “tech class study guide” and “amateur radio tech study guide.” I ranked #5 for the first term, #1 for the second term.
As for the wiki, I don’t think that I’ll be doing that. The biggest reason for that is that it would be yet another website to maintain, and I just don’t have the time to do that. If you could e-mail me or print out and snail mail me the errors you found, I would be happy to make the corrections to the PDF.
Thanks, Dan
The St Louis and Suburban (SLSCR) radio club held another weekend Cram Course review session that finished on Sunday. For the first time we had an Extra class course. Both participants in the Extra Class course passed, one with a perfect score!
The extra class was in four sessions, not three like we usually have for Tech and General, because of the larger question pool. We also asked that the participants bring TWO results of on-line test that they had to have at least a 60% to take the course.
The Tech and General Study Guide have been a great help to several of our new licensees as the other training material from other sources just did not make sense to them. Your help them pass with flying colors.
Now for a question, when are you going to have an Extra Study Guide?
Congratulations on the excellent results.
We’ve actually started on the Extra Class Study Guide. Go to hamradiouniversity.com and click on “Extra Class Study Guide.” I’d love it if you could contribute a section or two.
Dan, I noticed that your latest study guides have copyright notices, with the following statement on them:
“All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.”
I like to print these out for use in some classes, as well as post them on a club website for download. Is this ok to do?
John
Hi, John–
Please feel free to print as many copies as you need, BUT I request that you not put it on your website. The main reason for this is that from time to time someone points out an error or a typo, which I correct and then put the corrected version on my website. If you link to my website, rather than simply posting the current version on your website, then they will always get the latest and greatest.
I want to say THANK YOU for your no nonsense guide for Tech. I used it and got 100 on my tech test within 1 week. I get my call sign tomorrow and have started shopping for a radio!!!!
You’re very welcome, Dave. I love getting feedback like this. :)
The tech manual is great! I am new to amateur radio, so this was all new to me. I started reading it last night, finished it this morning, took the test this evening, and only missed two on the Technicians license!
Thanks so much, I am planning to study your General manual and take the test next week.
Dan,
Thank you very much for these two study guides. I found them when I was working on my tech and it made it very easy. I had no problems with either test after going through the study guide. I recommend both study guides to anyone wanting to take the test. So far, everyone that read through them passed without any problems. Great manuals!
Nathan
Thanks for your guides! I passed both my tech and general exams tonight with 35 and 33 respectively. Couldn’t have done it without your guides.
Dan, I have worked on radio for the past 30 years. First in the Navy as a Communications Technician and then in the Air Force as a Ground Radio Tech. I just didn’t get around to taking the exam. But your Technician Guide finally pushede me to make the effort I got a 34. I will be getting my call sign soon and have bought a 2M VX-150 to begin with. Thank you for taking the time to write this up I will be using your General and when it is done the Extra guide.
Don
Downloaded your manual two weeks ago. Printed it and read it over and over. Took my General test today at Midland Tx Hamfest. I Passed !!!! Thanks for a great manual. Im good on QRZ take a look at the mobile on top.
I am Timothy J. Cregan, N2RDB, District Emergency Coordinator for Nassau County, NY ARES. I have been using your study guides to help get people ready to take their tests, with good results. Do you plan on re-writing the No-Nonsense Guide to reflect the changes in the new Technician Class question pool?
If you do update it, rest assured that I will continue to use it as a resource to help interested people earn their licenses. We are trying to build a strong EMCOMM group here in Nassau County.
Timothy, I am indeed working on the new version of the Tech study guide right now. I hope to have it done by Dayton.
Thank you I got my general studying with your guide.
Excellent. I am now studying for Extra but I need one of your guides.
Thank you
Luca
I have used your book for about 100 students and have about a 95% pass ratio. Thanx again from all my future students.
Gail N7BXX
Hi Dan-
You don’t know me. But I just took my tech license test this morning — after reading your study guide only once. Yes, my father was a novice licensee 20 years ago… and I’ve got some training in computer network engineering… but other than that I haven’t seen this material in a LONG time. In fact, before finding your guide, I ordered a tech license manual/CD course just a few days ago. I haven’t received it yet. After doing more research and finding out it was only $15 to take the test, I just decided to go that the test as a “control”… fully intending to fail and need to go study. Like, really study, not just read a study guide once.
To my surprise, I passed the test this morning. I guess I remembered more than I thought. Ohhh… and because I read your study guide.
Thank you.
-Phil Pavarini, Jr.
Thanks for the great study guides, going to take my test soon Im hoping to pass.
Well took the tech test yesterday and passed, Thanks for the great guides.
Way to go! Welcome to ham radio…….73, Dan
Starting a new school year and have an Amateur Radio elective class in Fall/Spring. Have been using your Tech/General Study Guides for several years now. Thanks for updating the Tech Guide. Your work is being used all over the nation. I heard this summer that “After it is all said and done, there is usually more said than done,” but you have actually taken the initiative to produce something meaningful. I certainly appreciate your work. And, my students benefit, too. Just wanted you to know that your time/effort is valued.
73,
Ronny, KC5EES
Trustee, LBJ High School ARC, K5LBJ
Austin, TX
P.S. My school club is on the cover of the September edition of “Monitoring Times.”
I just wanted to thank you for your No Nonsense Technician Class study guide. Using it, I was able to pass my Technician exam today (first try). It is a well setup reference which I found very “user friendly”. A great resource which I will keep in my file.
Now…on to General Class!
Thanks again,
Bill
Thanks!
Good luck with the General Class material. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions on any of the material.
Dan,
Hello. I wanted you to know that I took my Technician Class test last month and passed with a score of 100%. I was floored. Your No Nonsense Guide is the only Study Material that I used. I read it through 2 days before the test and then again the night before the test. I walked in to the EXAM nervous but comfortable. I was first done with the test, walked outside and awaited the results. The Examiner came out and asked how I’d felt I had done. I said “I’m fairly sure I passed”. He said “Passed?, you got 100%”. What a great feeling. The best score after mine was 3 wrong. I completely attribute this to your Study Guide. If you want to pass the Technician Exam, use the No Nonsense Study Guide. It is now 30 days later and Im reading the General Guide and taking the test this Saturday. Will report back
I have wanted to have a HAM license since I was a teenager. I am now 51. What long wait, but I got it!!
Thanks so very much for your effort in putting this guide togther and keeping this current for us.
Ron
73 DE KB3VEW
Way to go, Ron! I love getting feedback like this. Now, I hope that you’ll use my General Class Study Guide to upgrade to General.
73, Dan KB6NU
I have tried reading the big book to study for my Tech. and could never get into it and always ended up putting it down. I eventually ended up using your study guide and in just a few weeks I took my test and only missed two questions. I am now studying the General Study Guide from you and have no doubt that I’ll do the same or better than I did before. Thank you so much for putting these guides together…you are a lifesaver.
Hello Just wanted to say i love your study guide, ive had another one but it wasnt as updated as yours, i found this out after trying to help my xyl get her license and some questions were not on the material. I was wondering if you were going to have the general material if it changes after this June?
Thank you
73′s
Joe
N1GHI
I used the tech guide way back in 2008 and passed after reading it once. Then in February this year I passed the General with missing 1 question (really I knew the answer and simply chose wrong). now that I have a TS-140s rig and SignaLink with HRD I NEED MORE BAND lol Now ill be using the hamradiouniversity.com resource and I have no question that your guide will lead me well. In all seriousness I think you deserve “Amateur of the year” for these guides, I wish there was a way to track who passed using your guides and mark the hams on a map, I bet it would get pretty full, very fast. Again thanks a lot, you are a true credit to amateur radio. Ill be at Dayton this year ( I do live here lol) and would love to shake your hand sir. You have provided so much to so many people.
Thank you SO MUCH for posting these! There is no class in my area, so I’m relying solely on these guides to pass both my Tech and General (test is Monday–EEEK!). My dad’s a General Class Ham, so he’s helping me set up my station on my sailboat–turning my dinosaur Icom radio into a PSK wizard! :) The study guides are a great resource and I’m feeling fairly confident about Monday. Wish me luck!! Sarah
Thank you for the Study Guides.
I downloaded the Technician Class guide and passed.
I downloaded the General guide and passed.
Please tell me the Extra Class Study Guide is coming soon!
-Alan D.
Thank you so much! I studied for five days on and off, using your guide and a few other Web resources and PASSED Tech exam this morning. I can’t say enough for your work! You put the nice name on the guide, but honestly, it’s a “NO BS” guide. I found it easier to remember the information in your guide easier to remember. No getting bored between facts.
I became a Tech ham just prior to 9-11-01. Over the years I have started studying for the General test several times and either lost interest, life got in the way, or just couldn’t “learn” the material.
I purchased the ARRL study material in March 2010 and just couldn’t get into it.
I recently retired & found myself with some time on my hands. A Google search revealed your study guide. I read through it once & took a practice test getting about 65%. I then went through the guide one chapter a week & practice tested again with a solid 70%. That led me to print it out and take notes as I read through it. A practice of 75% (several tests averaged over a week) let me know I was almost there.
Another read through over the next month and I dropped guide to go with doing as many practice tests from as many websites as possible……………..
Saturday I passed my Element 3 test with 2 wrong answers.
Great Product
Doug KCØLGB
Dan, I just wanted to say thanks for your wonderful study guide. A read through the guide (just once) was enough to put the questions into perspective so that I understood the questions relating to FCC rules and best practices. (I had a leg up on the electronics portion, but that too was well-written and concise!)
I just took my element 2 exam last night and passed it with flying colors. Even better: I understood the answers, I was giving, largely due to the format of your study guide and how easy it was to look up additional details.
I’ve started reading your general guide in preparation of element 3. I hope to be able to kick a few bucks your way in the near future—IMO you’ve earned them!
73, and thanks!
Thanks for the feedback. Let us know what your callsign is so that we can listen for you on the air…….73, Dan
Greetings, hope all is well.
I just passed my technician licensing test missing only one question! What a great study guide! I will be using your general study guide to pass the general licensing test this October. I look forward to the day when I can print off the free version of the extra study guide. I hope you are able to use the donation that I just sent you. I look forward to sending you a donation with each test I pass.
I’m down here in Fort Smith, Arkansas. I’ve been down here for the last 5 years after the Michigan economy tanked. Born, raised, and spent my first 36 years in Michigan (Portage/Kalamazoo, Coloma, Brethren, Grand Rapids, Traverse City, South Haven, Marshall). After getting a 15% pay cut up in Grand Rapids, I got lucky and found a great job, with the federal government, down here in Arkansas. I am happy to say that I am now making more money than I ever have and am working a job that I sincerely enjoy. I do not miss the challenges presented by Michigan winters, especially the snow. I hope to talk with you on the air some day. Thinking of you down in Arkansas. Thank you, sincerely, Scott Johnson
Hi Dan,
I just wanted to give you an update on how the students I have been using the Technician Study Guide with.
So far I have given out 12 copies of the sutdyt guide. Yesterday two of the women went and took the Technician exam, and both passed! They are so excited! One of them asked me for the General Class study guide, which I just emailed to her (your latest version, of course).
I have a group of young men that have asked me to help teach them so they can take their exam. I am planning on using your study guide with them and then try to do some demonstrations to augment their studying.
BTW, one of the other women brought to my attention that there is one question from the Technician Pool missing from the study guide. It is T1D07.
I will let you know as more of them take their exams. Thanks for making this available.
73,
Mike
Thanks for the update, and congratulations to those who passed.
Hi
Thanks so much for the free study guide, it’s very helpful. I wanted to also suggest that an audio version of this could be a wonderful thing.
Thanks for the comment, Nick.
You know, I might give that audio version a shot. Maybe I’ll take a shot at one section and see how that goes. In addition to reading the questions and answers in that section, I could make some comments like I do when I teach the one-day Tech class.
You didn’t mention whether or not you have a license yet. If not, what section would you like me to record first?
I am confused as to if there is a charge for the study guide? I made a copy of the Technician study guide and then read it can not be reproduced without permission. I would like to share it with other members of my class. I will gladly pay for the study guide. I am taking a Technician class on Ham Radio, and at 68 years of ages I can’t remember everything that is taught at the class. I need an understandable instruction Manual to help remember. Your study guide is understandable. Thank you.
I would really like to take the General, but thought I’d better start at the beginning. My father in law was a “Ham” from the very beginning of Amateur Radio and was good at Morse Code. He became a “silent key” in 2005 at the age of 97 and after his death, his grandson became addicted to Ham Radio and is now an active member of the local chapter. It’s a good family addiction.
Thanks so much.
Bev:
There’s no charge to download the PDF version of my study guide, but if you want an e-book version, you can purchase it from Amazon or Barnes&Noble, or if you want a printed version, I’d be happy to sell you one of those as well. To get your General Class license, you actually have to take the Technician Class test first, so you won’t be wasting any time learning the Tech material.
I’m getting ready to offer a no cost class for friends who are interested in getting their technician license so that in case of an emergency they are able to make use of a ham radio.
I noticed the use restrictions shown below. Would it be ok if I used your publication for this class? thanks very much!
Copyright © 2010 Daniel M. Romanchik
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior
written permission of the autho
I would love for you to use my study guide for your class, Jeff, but what I would prefer is for each of the students to visit my website and download their own copies. I have two reasons for this:
Dear Jeff:
I was looking over your website and found a broken (invalid) link; I’ve included it in the body of this message. It’s a simple mistake, the link’s second period, just before “com” is a comma, which will prevent anyone clicking on it from successful access. So the comma needs to be replaced with a period. I’ve underlined the link. Great site, by the way!
73′s, Franz
Ronny
September 9, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Dan,
As promised, last week I handed out your Tech Study Guide to the 20 students in my Amateur Radio elective class. I am taking the class in a self-study direction with “overview” by me. With quizzes to keep them honest, I hope to cover the basics pretty quickly, thus allowing the students plenty of time to get into hands-on electronics.
I will be using “100-in-1? Science kits to allow the students to build basic circuits and discover how components work. Afterward, we will hopefully move toward breadboarding circuits. We’ll see how far we get…
As for learning electronic theory, I found that the visuals and info. from the “Electronics” section at http://www.electronicstheory,com seem to be pretty good.
I will also be using your General Study Guide, so I’ll let you know if I find any typos or portions in either of the Guides that seem to confuse teenagers. Again, thanks for taking the time to produce materials for the next generation.
By the way, I’m passing out Morse Code CDs tomorrow. Some of the kids are psyched to learn Code. Maybe we can arrange a “final” with my students having to work you using CW and obtain some information (e.g. favorite color, name of pet, etc..).
73 from Austin, Texas.
Ronny, KC5EES
Thanks for the time and effort you put into creating the tech and general study guides. I read through the tech guide once and took the test today. I passed and was complemented on my studying. I took a shot at the general test while I was there and just barely missed it. I wasn’t too upset though since I haven’t started reading the general guide. I guess that says something about the quality and easy reading of the tech guide. Thanks again! Josh
Dan,
Thank you for your study guide. I was granted my Tech License back in Feb of 2010 and was able to pass largly due to your well-written and understandable guide. Now I have the burning desire to earn my General ticket, and I know I will be able to do so wit hthe assistance of your study guide. I also agree with another poster that it would be nice to see who all you have helped in the country and have a digital map with all of our virtual pins in the map from our home areas.
I am not computer savy enough to make the map but I will let you know that you helped me out here in Molalla, Oregon.
Thanks again hope to be writting soon with a general upgrade.
73
John
KF7HPW
What happened to hamradiouniversity.com? I was really hoping to get a piece of that extra study guide.
Unfortunately, that project didn’t work out. I will, however, be doing an Extra Class study guide next year when they update the Extra Class question pool. Watch for that.
I really enjoyed the technician class study guide, had my license in no time. Thanks!! I would recommend this guide to anyone wanting to get their license.
Hey, thanks for the fantastic guide. I went to take my Tech exam two weeks ago and when I showed up they said they’d really like some more Generals in the area so they can have more VEs to help test the techs. One of them handed me a printed copy of your General guide, and right after taking the Tech I went ahead and took the general as well… and passed. I’m not even particularly good at memorizing things. But your guide was so well written and presented the information in such a “learnable” way that it made that possible, and is a good ongoing reference as well. Again, Many Thanks to you!
Thank you so much for your helpful study guide! I read through your general study guide just once and got an 80% on my practice test! Good stuff.
Way to go, Joey! Would love to talk to you sometime on the air.
These study guides helped me pass tech, and general exams! Thank you so much, found the link on wired.com!
Steve
Thank you Dan for you wonderful study guides. I passed my Technician exam with flying colors and plan on taking the General exam very soon. Looking forward to the Extra study guide later on this year.
- Dave
Wow Dan! Your Study guide is amazing. I took a class here in Medford, Oregon with 17 others. We used the current ARRL manuel to study. Myself and several others in the class were totally new to electronics etc. We were pretty discouraged with the layout of the manuel, the question layout etc., and the tremendous amount of information to absorb. I ran across your Study Guide last week. I wish I could have had it from the beginning. It would have been so much easier to learn from the way you grouped everything together so that one could see it all at once rather than jumping back and forth and all over the place.
We tested today and all but two in our class passed. I missed 5, but I know I could have aced it if I had your plan from the beginning. To bad your guide is not the official one and more people could be helped by it. I only have one recommendation of something to add to it. That would be the two circles from the other manuel showing an easy way to remember the Ohm’s formula. Thanks for all of your hard work and time it must have taken you to put your study guide together. It was a constant torment trying to use the other one. I wasted many hours with the jumping around and forgetting what I just read because of all the jumping around.
Thanks again
Caryn
Ok Dan, I am giving your study guide a try. I have been trying to understand the ARRL book for a few days, and im just not getting some of it. But after just looking at a few of the pages in your study guide things started to make senss! I can’t wait until I take my test in April. I will get back to you when I do pass my test!
That’s great, Michael. Please e-mail me if you have any problems understanding any of the material.
i have read this feedback column and all i can say is thank you!
i am waiting for your extra class manual to upgrade. this is a wonderful thing you have done, keep up the great work.
DE W1DPC
Thanks for the study guide. I passed my technician test with a score of 100%!
Dan,
I’ve used both your Technician and General guides. Love them both. I’m gonna be taking the General Class test in about 2 weeks. Gonna smoke it!
KF7UKF
I have used the arrl book and your study guide’s to help me pass the Technician and General level tests. I look forward to reading your latest Extra class study guide soon.
Thank you
Dan,
Thank you so much for making this study guide available. It was a great help, and I successfully passed the Technician Class exam this past Monday. I appreciate the “no-nonsense” approach; it makes learning new material a lot more manageable.
Jeff
When will the Extra study guide come out?
Dan,
Would just like to echo and add my own thanks for your Tech and General guides. My son-in-law and I used them for our Tech tickets in August ’10, and he upgraded to his General(again, using your study guide) last year. I am currently studying hard to upgrade to General, hopefully before Field Day.
Thanks, again.
73′s
Tony
KJ4OEQ
Dan
I have downloaded the pdf for the General as well as bought a copy for my kindle, I am hoping to have my General ticket by July at the latest. I’ll keep you up to date.
73!
Thank you for your Technician study guide. My 12-yo son used it to study and today at Dayton, he passed the exam! Thanks for such a clear path for him to follow – he wouldn’t have done this without it.
That’s great, Brian! I was down there, too. It would have been nice to meet you both and shake your hands.