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Rick, Gwen, & Kelly Darby's Ham Pages

Hello!!!

Amateur Radio is educational, challenging, and great fun! Here is some starter info for new prospective HAMS!

NOVTECH.EXE is the list of all questions and answers needed for your Technician license. Study these. The tests use ONLY these published questions and answers. The answers will not be in the same order, so don't memorize the letters (i.e. a,b,c,d). Learn the keywords in the questions and the ketwords in the answers. The study guides listed below offer lots of background material on each of the topics covered by the exam material.

The Technician's license allows you to operate FM voice, AM voice, Amateur Television, computer packet radio, 6 meters radio control transmitters, amateur satellite communications, morse code above 50 Mhz, and a variety of other radio devices.

Study both NOVICE and TECH for your codeless Technician exam. Study the Morse code up to 5 words per minute and NOVICE for the NOVICE exam. Study all three for TECH PLUS HF. HF bands allow worldwide communications. It's worthwhile learning morse code to get it.

Study Guides:

No-Code Plus by Gordon West available at Radio Shack ($10)

Now You're Talking by ARRL see address below ($20)

No Code Technician Theory by Jerry Zilliak

Amateur Radio School 2350 Rosalia Drive Fullerton,CA 92635

(714) 990-8442

0-23 WPM Code Course by Jerry Zilliak

Amateur Radio School 2350 Rosalia Drive Fullerton,CA 92635

(714) 990-8442

The above items are sold by HRO & AES with stores in major metro areas.

Ham Radio Outlet (HRO)

1 (800) 444-7927

Amateur Equipment Suppliers (AES)

1 (800) 558-0411

Especially helpful for children:

VIS Novice ($10.95) and Technicican ($10.00) class study cards (flash cards)

VIS Study Guides, PO Box 16646, Hattiesburg, MS 39404

Also Sold by:

Rosewood Company, PO Box 229, Elko, SC 29826

(803) 266-4759 orders: 1 (800) 875-7762

MORSE CODE TIPS:

1. Get a good tape course such as Jerry Zilliaks or ARRL's.

2. DO NOT USE FLASH CARDS or any other visual method to memorize the code. It will hurt your speed later. (Flash cards are good for memorizing the questions and answers to the WRITTEN tests. They especially help children. Just don't use flash cards for learning the Morse code.)

3. Say dit for dots and dah for dashes. Think of the sound and the letter it represents, not the dots and dashes.

The best place to start for more information on ham radio is the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) whose address is: