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05-22-2009, 07:18 PM
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Taking my first exam tomorrow morning at the local hamfest in Durham NC
Studied the whole month so i hope i can put my brain in focus for what i studied for and take a shot for the technician exam.
If i pass then ill be up in the air in no time within the week.
wish me luck, im going to keep studying tonight and i may take a shot at the general exam at the same time afterwards
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05-22-2009, 07:35 PM
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Good luck! I get to take mine in a little over a week!
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05-22-2009, 07:36 PM
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what class? tech or general?
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05-22-2009, 08:14 PM
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Have you tried the practice tests? The questions on those are exactly the same as the ones on the test. If you are doing ok on those you will be fine.
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05-22-2009, 09:04 PM
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Yes i done the practice tests on QRZ for an entire month, tried another site but i didnt think it was challenging enough, overall grades were 80% to 100% so im shooting for a 100 or a qualifying grade for this first try.
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05-22-2009, 11:25 PM
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what class? tech or general?
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General. I've been aceing the practice tests on AA9PW.com.
If you need some last minute quick-study guides, ah0a.orgHA4/index.html has some condensed pdf study guides for each level. |
05-22-2009, 11:28 PM
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awesome, im just going to take a shot at my tech first so i can get on the air and while im doing that ill probably upgrade later
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05-23-2009, 12:33 AM
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If i pass then ill be up in the air in no time within the week.
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Easy there, killer. You gotta get the call sign first. Could be more than a week. I got mine in 3 business days, but I hear that's an unusual occurance. |
05-23-2009, 12:42 AM
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 well atleast ill get it eventually, i know not to transmit yet since i wont even know what my call sign would be but i was told it would be KJ4-xxx in this rejoin if im right but i know the FCC will just pick one out that is in consecutive order for the region i live in.
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05-23-2009, 12:59 AM
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Good luck.Just study and take practice exams you will be fine.Just dont over think it.Ya it took about 4 days for my call sign.
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05-23-2009, 01:00 AM
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well i hope soon i can get into general so i can TX in HF one day but i think tech is good enough for me  cant wait
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05-23-2009, 01:09 PM
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I have some good news and some bad news....
the good news is.. i took the test.. the bad news is.. I failed it.. tried 3 times and ended up with the same score!!! a 23!!! ugh.. i only needed 26 to pass... I knew i under estimated myself, im going back into studying, more time to study before the next testing session in orange county nc at the ocra club.
well the first lick of the test was awesome, had questions i knew and some i didnt then getting into math, my brain died on me.
I will be studying this entire month to work on getting my tech and if i pass it i might take the general exam just for the S & G's.
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05-23-2009, 07:57 PM
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The most recent call sign given out in 4 land is KJ4MJB, just FYI. You can probably figure out generally where the system is going from there.
That sucks that you didn't get it. Keep studying, keep doing online tests, keep testing yourself. You'll get it.
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05-23-2009, 08:50 PM
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Im going to be studying this whole month, i got june 13th marked down for the next so ill be studying studying studying
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05-23-2009, 10:47 PM
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If you're interested in taking the General test at the same time, one cheap study method is find an older test prep book that covers both Technician and Novice. A lot of the novice material seems to be the current General material, atleast when it comes to advanced electronics, and HF operations, since the old Novice ticket was HF CW. I know that its helped me a lot studying. I've got an older copy of the ARRL 'Now You're Talking' and 'The Beginners Handbook of Amateur Radio 3rd Ed.' by Clay Laster. Also, 'Ham Radio For Dummies!' is good.
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06-13-2009, 10:57 AM
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Passed my tech today!
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06-13-2009, 11:15 AM
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Passed my tech today!
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Congratulations. Well done.
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06-14-2009, 09:51 PM
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Passed my tech today!
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