5thGenTexan
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You are right; learn the material and understand it is the best approach! But, I'm not a technical guy the best way for me to pass the test was memorization. It worked, I only got one wrong answer. I personally don't need to know a lot of the information that was on the test. I just want to use the radio to communicate during emergency times (destructive weather); other than that I just talk to club members. I'm not knocking you on your vision of Ham Radio, I would really like to understand the technical side of the hobby, but I won't ever use it. I will take my radio to a technician when it doesn't work.
Regards, Joel KF5UTJ
I apologize for the necrothread, but this kinda stuck out to me,
It was 2013 when I ordered my ARRL book to start the process of getting my technician license. I had taken one of the practice tests online and only missed 14 questions just randomly taking the test. So I was feeling pretty confident. My ARRL book came and I made it to page 2.2 - 2.3 where it provided the info over frequency and phase. I just couldn't get it and I quit right then and there. In my mind if I can't understand the basics in the first chapter of the book I have no business getting the license. I just can't get my head around not wanting to learn the information at all and just get by on the test with a little regurgitation of the question bank.
(Around this time of the year I go back and look at this stuff just to remind myself what I did)