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Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio

A full ham radio station with roof antennas. Earn your FCC Technician license here, then use the station as a member.

MakeHaven has a full amateur (ham) radio station with antennas on the roof and an electronics bench beside it. Earn your FCC license here, then use the station any time as a member.

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We host FCC Technician license exams several times a year, scheduled once enough people sign up. Anyone can take the exam; you do not need to be a member.

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Members with a Technician license can earn the Communications Bench badge and use the station. Not a member yet? Come see it on a tour.

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The MakeHaven amateur radio station: transceivers, monitors and a logging computer on a workbench

The station

Transceivers, a computer for logging, and antennas on the roof. The Technician license covers all amateur bands above 30 MHz.

Studying for the exam: the ARRL study guide and the question pool.

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