Use This Shortcut to Pass Your Ham Exam In 24 Hours

I recently took the Ham radio exam for the Technician level. I was able to study for and pass the exam inside of 24 hours.

This video explains why I wanted to get my license, and how I was able to pass it so quickly.

My callsign is KE0WAQ. You can find me on QRZ.com.

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[TexasFlyBoy]

2:12 - Bottom line = Cram! 6:48 - Memorize the right answers. 7:25 - Recommend reading the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual. 8:30 - After passing the test, check out other resources for learning.

[johnwest]

I had a different take on it all. I spent several weeks at it, read and learned a lot about RF and the reasons for the FCC rules and such, because it was important information, interesting, and useful. I sat for the Tech, General, and Extra licenses the same day, and walked out as an Extra. Then I read still more, got some cheap test equipment, and now I can make RF communications work, and work well under all sorts of conditions. Plus I'm learning CW. I think doing all this beats memorizing for a license and still not knowing what's going on, or how, or why to do anything. I just don't like feeling helpless when something doesn't work.

[BigBadJones]

I'm pretty sure this is how my plumber got his plumbing license.

[hermesthegod]

No one is a prepper until they wish they were prepared

[dcpk]

I did this for my test and finished first and got a perfect score out of 32 people taking the test a few weeks ago. Thanks for the advice. There's so many aspects to amateur radio is hard to focus on one area.

[heinzpilot]

I passed with a perfect score using your technique just today! Whohoo!

[MoinkAndKilo]

A lot of videos I was browsing through before I saw this one were HOURS long. Thank you for getting to the point

[kathybakos]

Not so easy for me, sorry! There are 423 questions you need to know and then the questions were NOT written as I studied and the answers were totally different from what I studied...  so while it might be easy for some.... this 66 years old great grandma had to study much longer.... BUT, I did pass and only missed 2...YAY!!!!

[ericjholden]

I’ve been watching your channel for several months. It has grown on me and is one of my fav YT channels. Great work, brother!

[Hacksaw]

Hey yep.... your advise worked out very well for me. I loaded the ham radio training app on my phone. I passed my Technician teat today. I got a 94%. Thx again.

[kr_herbert]

Chad, I'm halfway through this very app in anticipation of getting my license in the next few months. And believe it or not, out of the four channels you recommended, I've been watching three of them.

[ShipWreck]

The questions are “word for word” exactly the same as on the test. The multiple choice answers are also “word for word” exactly the same as on the test. HOWEVER! The answers are moved around from what you will see on the test. For example, if the correct answer for a particular question is (a) on the app, it may show up as (c) on the actual FCC exam. The answer will not be different, but it’s location of (A) (B) (C) or (D) will usually be different from the app. They do this to make you learn the answer verses just memorizing A, B, C or D for that question. Personally I don’t think it would be any easier trying to remember A, B, C, D, etc even if the location of the answers did not change. The great thing about these apps are that they learn what you know and what you don’t know. The more often you get a certain question wrong, the more often you will see that question pop up, until you start consistently answering it correctly. And then you will see it less often because you have demonstrated that you know the correct answer. For this reason the apps (there are several to choose from) are better than the study manuals available on Amazon or the ARRL website.

[lc]

THANK YOU. I reviewed Exactly the way you said... by Only reading the GREEN answers. I reviewed top to bottom, quizzed frequently. Then re-read the questions of my harder sections the morning of the test. The question /answers were EXACTLY the same as the app.
PASSED Yesterday.
Wouldn't have dreamed I could do it if I hadn't found your video & the app.
*** idk how the test will change, , if the questions will change but a new test is coming JUNE 2022**
Maybe the app will change to reflect the new question/answers.
Now for the hands on, in- person learning.
THANK YOU.

[oldman]

About the test... Why take a test for building a radio or antenna? When you buy them ready to go. I think the FCC needs to change with the times. We need a test for plug in and go. Thanks

[porjotrucker]

I have 2020 Overland Gladiator, absolutely love this thing. 72 Airstream we pull to rally, am studying for tech lic.

[JarOfRats]

It really can be that easy. I had a little electronics and radio background, but never dug into the technician class licensing tests. I started taking online practice tests, paid attention to the ones I got wrong, looked up why I was wrong, and within a few hours, I was consistently passing the tests. Occasionally acing them.

[EntropicRemnants]

Back in the day (the 80's in my case) we had study guides by Bash which we called the "Bash Books" jokingly as going through that same process of question and highlighted answer was supposed to "bash" the test into your head, lol. I know many hams who started out barely passing and ended up highly skilled. Kudos and welcome to ham radio. (Yes, I know I'm late on this, lol). DE N3ELZ

[patrickmorrissey]

Such an old video, but, congrats, first off....

I'm going through this now... People are like "test for all 3!!" Yeah, that's not gonna happen... I need to go pass these 1 at a time.

I'm very impressed you did it in 24 hours... I've been pounding this material for 3 nights after work, and I'm not ready.... So, good for you. Nice job.

[danielmartinez]

I used this very same technique, but the material is so odd to a newb coming into HAM for the first time that they may hesitate to take it in 24 hours. I can see this technique working for most in like a week. Thanks for the vid and the advice on HAM exams.

[furonwarrior]

I’m almost done reading the book and I’m glad I did because it taught me more about the ecosystem, how to communicate and different methods of communication with different modes on different bands. It also taught me how to read the ARRL chart that shows what we can do for what license for what band.
Please just don’t memorize the questions and answers. The book is very approachable and helpful when it comes to learning Ham Radio.