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Amateur Radio: How to Prepare for the FCC Exam

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MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

Want to get your ham radio technician's license?

Join us for a free study session to prepare for the test!

Session 1 - Basics of preparing to pass FCC HAM Radio Exam

Session 2 - Group Practice Exam.,

Session 3 - Questions and Answers Session

We will help you prepare to pass the exam. This is three free sessions. We encourage attendance at all three but attendance at any session is welcome.

Avalibe Resources

  • ARRL Ham Radio License Manual 4th Edition (Softcover) $29.95
  • ARRL Abbreviated License Manual $17.85

Both can be purchased as study session.

About FCC HAM License Test

Certification test for getting your radio technicians license will be held at MakeHaven in March.  Passing this test makes available many bands for wireless comunnications. It allows the operation of inexpensive hand held radios, morse code, sideband, AM, FM and digital comunication modes. The test itself is $15 and consists of 35 multiple choice questions from a test bank of 450 questions.