Getting an Amateur Radio License

Local Ham Classes

Amateur Radio Study Session & Test by the
Bay Area Educational Amateur Radio Society:
http://www.baears.com

Amateur Radio Operator ("HAM") Training:
http://www.k6mpn.org/training/

Santa Clara County ARES/RACES page has Training/Events (links are on left side of following website):
http://www.scc-ares-races.org

Ham Radio License Courses and Exams:
http://www-w6yx.stanford.edu/class.html

Local Exam Sessions

Exam Sessions in Sunnyvale:
http://www.amateur-radio.org/sv.htm

ARRL VEC Exam Sessions in the Santa Clara Valley:
http://www.pdarrl.org/vec/vecscv/index.html

Search for scheduled exam sessions by state or by zip code:
http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml

Ham Radio Exams:
http://www.radioexam.org

Technician Class License Tutorial

http://www.transworldradio.8m.com/tutorial/tutorial.html
This is a good site for beginners because each section has a description, definitions, examples and summary. Unlike most study guides that are basically a list of Q and A, this talks about what, why and how amateur radio works. It is not real in-depth (refer to the ARRL Handbook for Radio Amateurs for that).

Amateur Radio Description by W5YI Group

This site affiliated with the National Radio Examiners at http://www.w5yi.org describes amateur radio. It includes what can someone do with a ham license, obtaining an license, frequencies available, equipment, license classes, and what the written examinations are like.

Suggested Books for your First License (some of these are available in the ARRC library)

Now You're Talking! All You Need For Your First Amateur Radio License by ARRL
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/lm/ (also available in the ARRC library)

Technician Class Book by Gordon West by QRZ.com
https://secure.qrz.com/store/w5yi/index.html

The above books can be purchased locally at HRO (Ham Radio Outlet) in on Lawrence Expressway (between Hwy 101 and Central Expressway) in Sunnyvale, CA. http://www.hamradio.com

Ham Radio: So, You Want to be a Ham? (from the NASA ISS reference website)

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/beaham.html

Practice Amateur Radio Exams

http://www.qrz.com/p/testing.pl

http://www.hamtestonline.com
This website presents concepts in logical order and provides explanations to make the process more about learning material and less about memorizing answers.

http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Operating_Aids/Beginner_s_Guides/

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