PAST! only mist 1

Congratulations, Mark!  A ham radio can literally be a life saver on the backroads.  And when you are not saving lives you can have fun with it, too.

Congrats!

call sign: KF7GQR

I studied on line for 3 nights, for 1 or 2 hours a night until I made through all the tech questions and then once or twice a week I would do to 100-150 questions.

This is John Cunningham, owner of HamTestOnline.  Our experience tells us that the average person will easily pass the Technician exam after about 10 hours of our online study course, give or take, depending on their background, experience, and how good their memory is. Young people don't seem to need as long, as they have sponges between their ears.  Of course, this only applies when the student studies "smart".  We have a few customers who insist on taking dozens of random practice exams, and their progress is much slower.  (Random exams are not an efficient way to learn.)

We also recommend concentrated study, averaging an hour or more every day.  Otherwise, you spend too much time re-learning things you forget.  On the other hand, spreading your study sessions over a longer period probably yields better long-term retention, so you have to decide whether you want to become an electronics guru, or just pass the exam.

For the higher class licenses, the average is about 20 hours for the General and 30 hours for the Extra.  We encourage people to take all three exams in one session.  Some people are afraid that studying the General and Extra materials will make them forget what they learned for the Technician exam, but our experience suggests otherwise.  Just as Algebra II reinforces what you learned in Algebra I, the materials in the later exams reinforce the earlier materials.  We've had hundreds of students go from "zero to Extra" in one exam session.  It's really a lot easier than you might imagine.

John, W1AI

w1ai@hamtestonline.com

Just got back from the exam.  Passed the technician exam!  Now I can communicate with you guys when we all get out to play this spring.  Ham online worked really well.  I'll update with call sign once I get it.

Congrats Brett, man I think you were sitting right accross from me. I was wondering who's RRC that was in the lot. You were wearing an orange hat right? I heard you name is why now I put 2 & 2 together.  Sorry, I would have said something had I realized at the time.

Anyhow, I passed too, so I guess I can be one of the cools kids now as well. :P

max

Congrats you guys!

Got my call sign already.  KF7HHB