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<blockquote data-quote="ForsakenConservative" data-source="post: 3750034" data-attributes="member: 47240"><p>Hamexam.org is where I started. Free “technician” class study guide you can download, and it has practice exams to sharpen on. The nice thing is that the practice exam references the study guide, so you can use them together. I purchased the “general” class book, used the website practice exam, and when I tested, I passed both tech and general in one sitting!</p><p>I bought an Icom IC-705…..quite pricey, but very capable. I also have Bofeng UV82HPs….cheapos, but they work. Someone made the comment that the FCC rules won’t matter when TSHTF, but the radios do you no good if you do not know how to program & operate them! To practice and be proficient BEFORE TSHTF, you must use them, and so you need to be licensed.</p><p>Regardless, it is kinda neat to build an HF antenna and contact someone on the other side of the planet-I got through to a station in Italy last summer!</p><p>[ATTACH]261360[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>My go-kit…IC-705 in waterproof case and loop antenna for HF work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForsakenConservative, post: 3750034, member: 47240"] Hamexam.org is where I started. Free “technician” class study guide you can download, and it has practice exams to sharpen on. The nice thing is that the practice exam references the study guide, so you can use them together. I purchased the “general” class book, used the website practice exam, and when I tested, I passed both tech and general in one sitting! I bought an Icom IC-705…..quite pricey, but very capable. I also have Bofeng UV82HPs….cheapos, but they work. Someone made the comment that the FCC rules won’t matter when TSHTF, but the radios do you no good if you do not know how to program & operate them! To practice and be proficient BEFORE TSHTF, you must use them, and so you need to be licensed. Regardless, it is kinda neat to build an HF antenna and contact someone on the other side of the planet-I got through to a station in Italy last summer! [ATTACH]261360[/ATTACH] My go-kit…IC-705 in waterproof case and loop antenna for HF work. [/QUOTE]
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