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Random question for today: Considering people who are not amateurs, if you wanted to create increased visibility and participation in amateur radio, what would you do? (lemmy.radio)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (15 children)

As a non-amateur who every few months thinks "I should consider getting a license", I've been hoping for an obvious bootstrap point.

The library has some old "here's every exam question" style cram books, but I'm actually looking for a course for understanding, so I don't pass the exam and proceed to have no idea what to do or how to behave. That went so well eith the driver's license exam. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Here’s your bootstrap. Assuming you’re in the US, HamStudy.org. Spaced repetition studying for the exam, no Morse code requirement anymore.

FCC exams can now be administered remotely via computer. I’ve taken all three of my exams remotely; my first while sitting on a beach!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a bit late, but here's my upvote. Ground the site for a few weeks, and took my Technician and General exams today, holed up in my bathroom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nice! I did the exact same thing. Remote exam in my bathroom. Congrats on the tech and general. If you plan on the extra, do it before you forget anything from the general because there's a lot of carry over from the test.

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